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Title: estate rear seats
Post by: 999gsi on 24 February 2011, 18:54:44

put seats down in the back today as i took some stuff to the tip,got home and cannot get the nearside  seat to lock in,the plastic locking thingy on back of seat seems to not work,is it spring loaded ? is there an easy way to dismantle it without taking seat upulstory(cant spell it) off..thanks phil

Title: Re: estate rear seats
Post by: MickAP on 24 February 2011, 19:05:29

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put seats down in the back today as i took some stuff to the tip,got home and cannot get the nearside  seat to lock in,the plastic locking thingy on back of seat seems to not work,is it spring loaded ? is there an easy way to dismantle it without taking seat upulstory(cant spell it) off..thanks phil

Give em a good whack with the palm of your hand when you put them back in the upright position. You should see the button pop back up, mind were a little stiff.
Don't trap the seat belt in there though, it's a pain to release it and could damage it.

Mick

Title: Re: estate rear seats
Post by: 999gsi on 24 February 2011, 23:17:26

thanks mick,tried it,it didnt work ... :'(hurt like  hell as currently off work with a broken hand..

Title: Re: estate rear seats
Post by: dad1uk on 25 February 2011, 08:54:03

I managed to unclip the material in the corner and get in to oil it and get the button to return.
Be warned the middle seat belt is locked until this is sorted.

Title: Re: estate rear seats
Post by: bob.dent on 25 February 2011, 09:30:49

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put seats down in the back today as i took some stuff to the tip,got home and cannot get the nearside  seat to lock in,the plastic locking thingy on back of seat seems to not work,is it spring loaded ? is there an easy way to dismantle it without taking seat upulstory(cant spell it) off..thanks phil

Give em a good whack with the palm of your hand when you put them back in the upright position. You should see the button pop back up, mind were a little stiff.
Don't trap the seat belt in there though, it's a pain to release it and could damage it.
Mick

Tell me about it!! I trapped the seatbelt in the n/s seat and it completely jammed up the release mechanism and I couldn't put the rear seats down for months. MDTM finally freed it at one of the OOF meets but couldn't fix it properly. Jammed up again shortly after and I end up having to hacksaw through the locking mechanism at the base of the n/s seat - a real pain in the arse!  :(

Title: Re: estate rear seats
Post by: 999gsi on 25 February 2011, 18:58:06

whacked it with a rubber mallett,worked a treat,thanks mick