Re: [T3] Installing carpet: The Saga Begins

["Ginger D.&Peter P." <gingerd@teleport.com>]

    This is an odd set-up, but it is pretty simple.  On the older cars there
was no lever handle to pull the front seat-back forward.  In the interest of
safety, you don't want the seat to be able to fold forward in an accident.  So
they set it up to release only when the door was open.
    There should be a 1" long lever below your door hinges (on the body).  This
lever is spring loaded on the inside under the carpet.  With the door open the
lever is released, and pulls a cable via flexible steel housing under you floor
carpet.  The far end of the cable has a hook the operates the seat back release
latch (both sides have a latch, one is linked to the other).  With the door
closed, you need to adjust the cable housing stop position to latch the hooks.
There should be an arm with wingnut under the seats to do this.
    OK, maybe it's not so simple afterall.

Peter Parker
'66 Square; Phillip
Portland, OR

Herman Haustein wrote:

> Anything you can tell about the seat-back release mech. I have these  and
> their not working (one of the few things left.

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