Happy Birthday to the list, and of course Thank you to George.
I’ve been working on replacing the right angle connector to
thespeedometer cable which is located on the right side of the trans.
Butof course there is no way to get to it from under the car. So with
abit of help from the list, I have decided to attack the problem
fromthe inside of the car, and through the trans cover access whole.
(Ihope!)
I just started and I’ve reached my first problem. As simple as
itshould be. I can’t get my seat out. How does this darn thing come
out??I have looked at it from every angle and I can’t figure it out.
Can someone please give me a hand.
Thanks,
Bob Rossi
66 OTS__________________________________________________________________
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Happy Birthday to the list, and of course Thank you to George.
I’ve been working on replacing the right angle connector to
thespeedometer cable which is located on the right side of the trans.
Butof course there is no way to get to it from under the car. So with
abit of help from the list, I have decided to attack the problem
fromthe inside of the car, and through the trans cover access whole.
(Ihope!)
I just started and I’ve reached my first problem. As simple as
itshould be. I can’t get my seat out. How does this darn thing come
out??I have looked at it from every angle and I can’t figure it out.
Can someone please give me a hand.
How well I remember the puzzlement you are experiencing. Slide the seat all the way forward on the runners, fold seatback forward, “gracefully” articulate your spine to reach the two bolts now revealed in the rear of the runners. Remove the bolts. Now wiggle the whole assembly around a bit until the from of the runners disengage from two solid “thread spool like fixtures” that hold the fromt of the tracks in. Easy once you’ve done it… Don’t lose the spacers that are under the rear of the track. Note the position of any washers, etc. Clean and lube the seat track while you have it out. Enjoy.
Bill B
I can’t get my seat out. How does this darn thing come
out??I have looked at it from every angle and I can’t figure it out.
Can someone please give me a hand.
Thanks,
Bob Rossi
66 OTS
How well I remember the puzzlement you are experiencing. Slide
the seat
Bill B
Bill,
Thanks for the quick response. It always amazes me as to how
complicated and poorly engineered some simple parts ad systems on this
car are. (But that’s why we love them.) I’m sure I’ll be writing back
soon asking how to re-install the same seat. Sounds like it is going
to be hard to line up those tracks on the front bolts. Talk to you
soon!!!
The seats on my 2+2 (I had them out on the weekend) have a simple
mounting system. The adjustment runners are held to the floor mounts at
the rear of the seat by I/4 inch bolts. The nut is in a captive housing
in the formed floor mount.
At the front of the seat is a “cup” shaped washer arrangement (the “cup”
is about 1/8 thick) and mounted (again by captive nut) to the cross
member. The seat adjuster has a slotted front opening which slips over
the cup washer flanges and locates it rigidly when locked in place by
the rear mounting bolts.
So…simply undo the rear mount bolts located at the end of the seat
“runner” and pull the whole seat with runners back toward the rear of
the car, then lift out.
Sorry this is a bit garbled, but I am doing it in a hurry between
meetings.
Hope this helps
Regards
Noel Annett
68 E Type { 2 + 2 = Bliss…(apologies to Einstein)}
Canberra, Aussie Land>----------
From: Robert Rossi[SMTP:rjr542@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 1997 1:42 AM
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: [E-Type] Seat Removal
Happy Birthday to the list, and of course Thank you to George.
I’ve been working on replacing the right angle connector to
thespeedometer cable which is located on the right side of the trans.
Butof course there is no way to get to it from under the car. So with
abit of help from the list, I have decided to attack the problem
fromthe inside of the car, and through the trans cover access whole.
(Ihope!)
I just started and I’ve reached my first problem. As simple as
itshould be. I can’t get my seat out. How does this darn thing come
out??I have looked at it from every angle and I can’t figure it out.
Can someone please give me a hand.
A couple of the four bolts which secure the seat pan to the runners is
loose and the wobbling is less than desirable. Service manual says
remove cushions but I can’t for the life of me see how the bottom
cushion comes off??? Could the DPO have glued the seat down? I see two
wire clips which connect the cushion to the pan but can’t imagine how
I’d get it back in place?
A couple of the four bolts which secure the seat pan to the runners is
loose and the wobbling is less than desirable. Service manual says
remove cushions but I can’t for the life of me see how the bottom
cushion comes off??? Could the DPO have glued the seat down? I see two
wire clips which connect the cushion to the pan but can’t imagine how
I’d get it back in place?
Many thanks for your replies.
Terry C.
67 S1 FHC
Terry,
On SI 4.2 and SII you just slide the seat to the frontmost position to
remove. When this is done it exposes the bolt that holds the track
down. Remove this bolt on both tracks and slide the seat and tracks
rearward. Remove the seats from the car and flip them over. You can
now tighten the bolts that hold the rails to the seat by sliding the
rails to the front (to get to the rear screw) and the back (vice versa).
Kenny Owen
66 OTS
Anybody got any tips on how to get the seats out of this
thing. I don’t find anything about it in the workshop manual.–
Glen
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In reply to a message from Glen Jarboe sent Wed 27 Sep 2006:
Hi Glen,
They’re easy to remove: Slide the seat forward and tilt the back
rest forward as well. Behind the seat, look down at the track.
There will be a screw or bolt down in the middle, take it out.
Slide the seat assembly to the rear slightly, it will free from the
track and lift out.
Dave–
1969 BRG OTS
Skaneateles, NY, United States
–Posted using Jag-lovers JagFORUM [forums.jag-lovers.org]–
In reply to a message from Glen Jarboe sent Wed 27 Sep 2006:
Slide the seats forward as far as they will go. Tint the seat back
forward. Inside the tracks at the rear are #3 PoziDriv cap screws -
1/4 -28 fine thread. Spray them with penetrating oil from above
and below, then carefully back the screws out. Using a standard
Phillips will strip the slots and force you to drill out the head
of the screw.
Once the screws are out, knock the seat tracks forward about an
inch and they’re free.–
The original message included these comments:
Anybody got any tips on how to get the seats out of this
thing. I don’t find anything about it in the workshop manual.
–
Pete 70 XKE (193K) 88 XJ6 (233K) 88 XJ6 (217K) 60 Mini
Severna Park, Maryland, United States
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In reply to a message from Jaguarpete sent Wed 27 Sep 2006:
Thanks. There were two problems.
First the seats were frozen in the most rearward position so
I couldn’t see the aft bolts. It took a two-by-four to move
the seats far enough forward to access the bolts.
But what really faked me out is that I could see (from
underneath) that there were two bolt that come in from the
inside. I had no idea how one was supposed to get a hand
under the seat to get them out. I now see that their
function is only to hold the stays for the front of the seat
track.
Seats are out now. Thanks for the help.–
The original message included these comments:
Slide the seats forward as far as they will go. Tint the seat back
In reply to a message from Glen Jarboe sent Wed 27 Sep 2006:
Run each seat all the way forward by sitting in it, pulling
the release, and lurching forward. You can then get at the
rear bolts. Then move the seats all the way back, and
remove the front bolts. Lift. At least, that’s the way it
works with mine.–
1969 4.2 Series 2 E Type
Brentwood Bay, B.C., Canada
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In reply to a message from IanCameron sent Thu 28 Sep 2006:
Hi
As above.on mine a couple of the threads were stripped and
‘new’ bolts with lock nuts below.
Duncan–
'68 OTS,'70 TR6, '70 Mini Cooper(sort of)
Midhurst, Ontario, Canada
–Posted using Jag-lovers JagFORUM [forums.jag-lovers.org]–
In reply to a message from Glen Jarboe sent Wed 27 Sep 2006:
Added thought
If you haven’t started the tear down think carefully. You
are in for a long expensive and frequently frustrating
process.Mine is all the way down and costing much more than
I expected.I’m just starting the rebuild and $500 or more
comes up more often than I like.I think with my hours at $0
I will break even. Would I do it again?
Absolutely.Automotively the best experience of my life
best of luck
Duncan–
'68 OTS,'70 TR6, '70 Mini Cooper(sort of)
Midhurst, Ontario, Canada
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I am trying to take out my seats and I see the two screws at the
rear of the runners, but I cannot figure out how the front of the
runners come out. Do I unscrew the cage nuts on the bottom of the
car? They appear welded to the bottom and the screw going into
them. Thanks in advance. David Weir–
'94 VDP, '91 VDP, '71 FHC
–Posted using Jag-lovers JagFORUM [forums.jag-lovers.org]–
In reply to a message from David in Boerne, TX sent Sun 19 Aug 2007:
Remove the two rear bolts and slide the seat assembly back.
There is a fork in the front of the seat slides that is
captured by a T bolt that goes into the floor. If the seats
have not been out in awhile, it may take some coaxing to get
them loose.
Dave Christensen
69 OTS
65 OTS
Fallbrook, (northern San Diego) CA–
davchr
–Posted using Jag-lovers JagFORUM [forums.jag-lovers.org]–
I am trying to take out my seats and I see the two screws at the
rear of the runners, but I cannot figure out how the front of the
runners come out. Do I unscrew the cage nuts on the bottom of the
car? They appear welded to the bottom and the screw going into
them. Thanks in advance. David Weir
Remove the rear screws and slide the whole seat, runners and all, back.
The front is held on by slipping over some cone shaped fasteners that
are bolted in from the top while the seat is out.
In reply to a message from David in Boerne, TX sent Sun 19 Aug 2007:
Got it out. Thanks. Now that it is out, I can see how the runner
has a ‘‘U’’ shaped slot in it that slides over and under the front
bolt assembly. Still a tiring ordeal! David Weir–
'94 VDP, '91 VDP, '71 FHC
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First time poster, first time Jag owner. I pick up a 69 OTS
and have been poking at it for the last couple weeks. What I
would like to do is remove the seats to refurbish them. The
Bentley Manual says to ‘‘remove seat cushions from the seats’’
is there a trick to that? They seem pretty solidly in place.
Thanks.–
ADDGrarage
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In reply to a message from ADDGrarage sent Fri 23 Jan 2009:
Slide the seats fully forward. Remove the screw at the rear end of
each seat track, then pull the whole seat rearward, and the front
of the tracks will disengage.–
Ray Livingston - '64 OTS Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA, United States
–Posted using Jag-lovers JagFORUM [forums.jag-lovers.org]–
Slide the seat all the way forward on the runners, fold seatback forward, “gracefully” articulate your spine to reach the two bolts now revealed in the rear of the runners. Remove the bolts. Now wiggle the whole assembly around a bit until the from of the runners disengage from two solid “thread spool like fixtures” that hold the fromt of the tracks in. Easy once you’ve done it…