Steve
It sounds as though the MKII seat is much the same as the MKIII. When I
realised that the back plate on my drivers seat was cracked part way across,
I too had to remove the vinyl covers and padding to effect a weld. That
strip of plywood is meant to be there, and the bottom of the seat back cover
is fixed to it by some short tacks. The plywood strip is fixed to the seat
back using bifurcated rivets, and in my case the wood was also pretty
rotten.
I replaced the plywood by using a piece of carpet gripper rod (having
removed its little spikes). Some saw cuts along the back helped it mould
around the curve of the seat. I couldn't find anything else suitable to fix
it, so I ended up gluing it to the frame. That was about just about a year
ago, and it's been OK so far.
HTH
Mike
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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:16:33 +0100
From: "Steve Carter" <steve@juggler>
Subject: MkII seat details
Hi All,
A shoddy repair to one of my seats broke the other day and investigation
shows that the back plate (which is a solid curved sheet of metal on the
MkII has rusted and doesn't reach the bottom part of the frame all the
way across. I've not been able to find such good info on the seats as
for other parts of the car, but it looks like I can unpick the staples
around the bottom of the back, slide the trim and cushions up a little,
then weld as necessary. The worrying thing is that these staples go
into a thin curved piece of plywood which is looking pretty rotten.
Does anyone have experience of this type of operation? The plywood
might well not belong there, as the seat slides have been subjected to
some odd modifications involving wood.
TIA
Steve
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