capri5oh
07-27-2008, 05:15 PM
The 86 Capri RS I recently bought had a drivers seat that seemed to recline into the back seat. Per the Board members feedback I decided it was probably the welds broken loose on the steel inners shell.
I've got that seat apart and I can say it was certainly that and more. Apparently the welds on this have broken loose multiple times over the years. That steel shell had been welded on at least three different occasions and had even been drilled out and bolts and nuts put in the tie the pieces together.
The problem is that none of the repairs were ever good enough to fix it. Now there are cracks running through the shell in perhaps 10 different areas. In some places the cracks go through both parts of the shell.
So, at this point I'm looking for a drivers side metal shell for the seat back. It can have broken welds that need to be repaired it just can't have all kinds of cracks through the metal.
There is s PIY yard near me that had an 86 Mustang GT last week. The drivers side seat was still there and the seat back seemed solid but the upholstery was trashed so I left it there. Now I'm regretting doing that. I expect I'll try to stop by that yard Monday to see if it is still available. It may have already gone to the scrapper.
Don Haulsee
I've got that seat apart and I can say it was certainly that and more. Apparently the welds on this have broken loose multiple times over the years. That steel shell had been welded on at least three different occasions and had even been drilled out and bolts and nuts put in the tie the pieces together.
The problem is that none of the repairs were ever good enough to fix it. Now there are cracks running through the shell in perhaps 10 different areas. In some places the cracks go through both parts of the shell.
So, at this point I'm looking for a drivers side metal shell for the seat back. It can have broken welds that need to be repaired it just can't have all kinds of cracks through the metal.
There is s PIY yard near me that had an 86 Mustang GT last week. The drivers side seat was still there and the seat back seemed solid but the upholstery was trashed so I left it there. Now I'm regretting doing that. I expect I'll try to stop by that yard Monday to see if it is still available. It may have already gone to the scrapper.
Don Haulsee