[MBZ] Seat repair again

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Randy,
    One thing to keep in mind - When you are assembling things - make sure 
you include additional padding on each side of the seat - you want your butt 
to be *cradled* in the middle of the seat - else you'll be sliding back and 
forth.  The tendency to make the surface close to flat will result in an 
uncomfortable seating position -

Good luck -

Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo, 78 240D)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R A Bennell" <blc at mts.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <Mercedes at striplin.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 12:57 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Seat repair again


>I finally hauled the driver's seat out of my 76 300D last night and 
>partially dismantled it. The spring base seems
> intact but has quite a bit of surface rust on it. I assume it had no paint 
> of any sort from the factory and this is
> just the result of 30 year's exposure to humidity etc. Horsehair pad is 
> toast of course which was the reason for
> looking into this issue. I have decided not to obtain a new horsehair pad 
> and am going the "new" route.  My thought
> was to use a piece of carpet to insulate the new replacement padding stuff 
> that I picked up at Wally Mart. Can't
> recall the name but there was mention of a writeup about seat repair on 
> here a while back and that fibrous plasticy
> stuff is what the fellow used. I am now thinking I may find some sort of 
> light canvas type material and use it to
> wrap over the piece of carpet to hold it in place and to permit me to use 
> a spray adhesive to hold the fibrous
> stuff in place. In the writeup the fellow used pool noodles cut down to 
> bolster the sides. I'm thinking that the
> fibrous stuff should be  sufficient if I glue some more onto the sides of 
> the larger piece to provide the amount of
> bolster needed. There does not seem to be much bolster in the original 
> horsehair padding. I have not yet decided
> whether I should try to stuff pool noodle material into the spring base. 
> It actually seems to be keeping my rear
> off of the floor as it is and I don't want to make the seat too hard or to 
> high as the steering wheel will become
> more difficult to slide under.
> So, any comment from those that have done this?
>
> Randy B
>
>
>
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