[TR] Carpeting and seat tracks

[Ibsen Dow]

Steve,

I had the same problem with the seat frames with cracks at the mounting holes.
I used again flat washers and welded them to the seat frames. The holes are
now reinforce and frame is solid against the rail tracks. And you are right ,
it never seems to end working on these old cars, but then again that's why we
probably purchased them in the first place.

Good luck,
Ibsen
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Steve Ball
  To: Ibsen Dow
  Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:19 AM
  Subject: Re: [TR] Carpeting and seat tracks


  Thanks Ibsen,

  Good idea about the washers, I'll definitely do that myself.

  It's going to be nice to have new tracks that are totally clean and intact.
My old ones are a mess, with half the studs/bolts rusted or broken off.  Now I
have to see if I can repair the seat frames...they have the usual cracked
sheet metal bottoms.  The fun never ends with a TR3!

  Thanks again for the carpet information.

  Steve


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Ibsen Dow
    To: Steve Ball ; triumphs at autox.team.net
    Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:56 PM
    Subject: Re: [TR] Carpeting and seat tracks


     Hi Steve,

    I mounted the seat tracks on my TR3A on top of the carpet and padding. I
used large fender washers to make sure the seat tracks mechanism was working
properly. By shimming the track with the washers you can avoid any issues with
the carpet.

    Ibsen Dow
    TS35658LO
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Steve Ball
      To: triumphs at autox.team.net
      Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:40 PM
      Subject: [TR] Carpeting and seat tracks


      Hello List,

      A carpeting question:  In a TR3A, do you mount the seat tracks over the
      floor carpet, or do the tracks mount directly to the floor and stick up
      through slots in the carpet.....or what?   I can't tell by looking at my
      car, thanks to the large family of mice that occupied it for several
years.


      Thanks as usual,

      Steve Ball

      Lompoc Calif
      TS68164L

      email:  banjonut at verizon.net
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