RE: [T3] i give up

[James MacNaughton <JMac@uglyduckling.com>]

This is great, unless you're 6'3", 250 lbs cow, such as myself, wherein
you're back to trying to find somebody smart enough to press down on that
tab, while you hold the seat-o-meter lever and push the seat forward.  Fun
stuff, maynard.

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> From: 	Erkson, Toby[SMTP:toby.erkson@intel.com]
> Sent: 	Friday, November 13, 1998 10:57 AM
> To: 	type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: 	RE: [T3] i give up
> 
> Sit in the driver's seat with a long, flat-bladed screwdriver.  Put the
> tip
> of the screwdriver between the shift tunnel and the seat so it presses on
> the seat rail.  You want the tip to be about 2" or 3" in from the front of
> the seat rail.  There is a single metal leaf spring that keeps the seat
> from
> moving forward and off the rail.  By pushing down on the spring and
> scooting
> the seat forward the seat will slide over the spring.  Then get behind the
> seat and push it all the way forward and off its rails.  Just make sure
> the
> carpet isn't in the way of the seats rail otherwise it will keep the seat
> from going forward and forcing it just rips the carpet (Bigger Hammer
> Theory, trust me, it don't work).
> 
> The passenger side is the same but the spring is on the left side (tunnel
> side, again).
> 
> Hope this diagram helps...
> 
> 
> <-- Front                                              
>          ____                                          
>      ___/    | <-- The spring in up position           
>   --/--------|--------- <-- Seat rail closest to tunnel
>                                                        
>            |                                           
>            | <-- Screwdriver pushing on spring         
>            |                                           
>      ______V_   <-- The spring in down position        
>   --/--------\---------                                
>            <-- Push seat in this direction <--         
>                                                        
> Be sure to view this in a fixed font such as Courier.
> 
>    Toby Erkson
>    air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
>    '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
>    '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
>    Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I know something is holding them 
> >in, I can
> >feel it but I cannot see it. When I get my head down under 
> >there I can't
> >focus through my bifocals to see. Help. How do I get the seats out?
> 
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