Did you replace the seat foams? When I recovered mine I carefully read two
sets of instructions plus the set that came with the new covers before I
started, then when I had one seat cover glued in place I discovered that the
original seat foams and new covers are handed - the handing consists of a
narrowing from rear to front on the transmission tunnel side to accomodate
the widening of the tunnel. Sods Law being what it is I had the glued-on
cover 'butter side down' i.e. on the wrong foam.
PaulH.
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
-----Original Message-----
From: Lonn Howard <hoops@owt.com>
To: MGs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 23 April 1999 17:07
Subject: 70 BGT seat installation question
>Hi all,
>Well, I put the seats in after a compete headliner to carpet pad
>restoration and everything in between. Now the drivers seat slides
>forward to the point where the front corner comes up against the trans
>tunnel and stops. This keeps the seat from sliding forward far enough
>to accomodate my 5'4" tall wife. I suspect that the seats are installed
>incorrectly, even though I put everything back the way it came out.
>Keep in mind that I have never before looked at the seat setup in an
>MGB, let alone sat in one until yesterday. Which holes should the
>slider rails be bolted down through? Which side of the seat bottom
>should the bigger cut-away face, towards the door or the trans tunnel?
>Do the seatback adjusters go towards the doors or the middle?
>
>I may have everything bass-ackwards, in which case Denise would be
>correct in her prediction.
>She says,
>>snip
>>I don't believe that a Triumph person can restore an MG. Remember the
>pilot
>>episode of Star Trek, where the aliens with big heads found a mangled
>human
>>female in a space ship and put her back together wrong because they'd
>never seen
>>one before.
>>snip
>My intentions are good even if my execution is faulty. And I don't want
>to go to my first MG meet and have people ask me why my seats are
>installed all goofy. Can't find any good pictures or instructions in
>Bentley or Haynes so I'm once again at the mercy of the list.
>Thanks,
>Lonn Howard
>'70 TR6 -mine
>'71 TR6 -in my garage
>'70 MGB GT -ours
>'89 Saab Turbo Convertible -hers
>
>"We are but temporary custodians with an obligation of preservation."
>
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