[DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Pantera seat problem

[Jerry Knotts]

Charles,

I think if you look at the end of the broken shaft you will find that it 
is broken where a stop pin goes through the rod.  A flat bladed screw 
driver will fit in the slot that is left under the seat.  Also as 
mentioned before the seat lever lock under the seat is rather easily 
accessed with a flat blade screw driver also. Just pry up.

jerry

7/20/2013 7:37 PM, Charles Engles wrote:
> Dear Chuck,
>
>
>                  Good idea, but the fracture of the level arm is in such a
> place that there is nothing to grip.....but maybe one...more... try.   It
> might work, but the lack of anything to work with is very discouraging.
>
>
>                                  Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The DeTomaso Registry Guy [mailto:detomasoregistry at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 5:53 PM
> To: 'Charles Engles'
> Cc: List DeTomaso
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Pantera seat problem
>
> Have you inspected how the arm lifts the tooth (or cog) out of the lateral
> track?
>
> I suspect you might be able to move it with vice-grips?
>
> Chuck
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at poca.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf
> Of Charles Engles
> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 3:48 PM
> To: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Pantera seat problem
>
> Dear Forum,
>
>   
>
>   
>
>                      My brother's Pantera has Pantera seats.  The little
> lever arm uner the seat that rotates up to permit adjustment of the seat
> fore and aft fiendishly broke off so that the driver's seat is "permanently"
> adjusted where it is.
>
>   
>
>                       My first plan to simply unbolt the four bolts holding
> the seat down was defeated when inspection showed that only the front two
> bolts were accessible.  The stuck seat is adjusted so that it perfectly
> blocks any access to the rear two bolts.  Sigh.  There is no way to get a
> handle on the remaining stump of the broken lever arm.  It is too short and
> too deeply positioned.
>
>   
>
>   
>
>                       Plan B: is to take a cut off wheel or equivalent (and
> he is open to suggestions) to the nuts welded to the underside of the floor
> pan and frame rails where the seat bolts "bolt into".  With the currently
> (spot??) welded nuts then *loose*, they could be simply removed from the
> underside of the bolts, which would permit the seat to be lifted out .
> With the seat out, we could attack the problem of the broken seat adjustment
> lever arm.   Also, the previously spot welded nuts could then be promptly
> welded back and all would then be in order.
>
>   
>
>                      Anybody see any problem with Plan B?   Anybody have a
> simpler strategy?
>
>   
>
>   
>
>                                      Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>
>   
>
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