[DeTomaso] Seats: Specifically the Passenger Side Seat, and the Emergency Brake Housing.

Brian Hill mazdastuff at yahoo.com
Thu May 30 17:51:31 EDT 2013


Sounds like he has the same thing I do.  I've got this big rectangular box with a little lever that pivots forward or back.  (think its a Hall setup)  Does not work well.  Think I would rather pull it out and just use the ZF for keeping it in place.
Brian





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> From: Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
>To: Chris Difani <csdifani at gmail.com> 
>Cc: "detomaso at poca.com" <detomaso at poca.com> 
>Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:28 PM
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Seats: Specifically the Passenger Side Seat, and the Emergency Brake Housing.
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>
>Chris,
>
>Normally the seats don't touch the ebrake housing. The seats are the same side to side. 
>
>Something is wrong. But what?
>
>Mike
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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>On May 30, 2013, at 13:21, Chris Difani <csdifani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Guys:
>> 
>> My passenger seat won't slide as far back as it could/should because the
>> inside edge hits the outside corner of the e-brake mount housing.
>> 
>> This is a second pair of seats that I picked up, which theoretically is a
>> driver's side, and a passenger's side seat.  But since it's been quite a
>> while since I had the original seats installed, I don't remember if this
>> e-brake-housing-to-passenger-seat interference is normal, or simply
>> something special.
>> 
>> 
>> Which brings me to my questions;
>> 
>> Is it normal for the passenger seat to hit the e-brake housing when you try
>> to slide it back?
>> 
>> If this is "normal", is there a solution besides using a graduated set of
>> hammers?
>> 
>> I realize that the passenger seat can't slide as far back as the driver's
>> side due to the bulkhead hatch curve, but I've got to believe that it will
>> slide farther back than the e-brake housing!  But before I begin doing
>> irrevocable metal bashing, I'd like to hear from anyone that has solved
>> this problem.... preferably using something more sophisticated than a large
>> hammer....
>> 
>> ...or am I suffering a irreversible bout of metallic fabrication optimism?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> Chris Difani
>> '73 L #5829 "LITNNG"
>> Sacramento, CA
>> Email: csdifani at gmail.com
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