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Does anyone have a drawing with dimensions of the wood seat bottom?
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Driver's seat bottom (upholstery)
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Vintage Power Wagons have them for $53.
New M37/M43 Driver Side Seat Bottom Wood - CC1278595 – Vintage Power Wagons
Passenger's seat $79.
New M37/M43 Passenger Side Seat Bottom Wood - CC1279115 – Vintage Power Wagons
New M37/M43 Driver Side Seat Bottom Wood - CC1278595 – Vintage Power Wagons
Passenger's seat $79.
New M37/M43 Passenger Side Seat Bottom Wood - CC1279115 – Vintage Power Wagons
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I'll just pull mine out of my 37 and trace them for the 708.
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Well, my thread about driver's seat hardware seems to have been removed - I guess seat hardware is considered to be seat upholstery, so here goes...
My adjustment rails were rusted solid, and I wasn't sure how bad pitting was (studs were corroded beyond use and will need to be replaced; I'm not sure yet how they attach). I wire brushed the assembly, shot it with PB Blaster, and gave it 24 hours. It has started breaking loose but isn't there yet. Next step is to soak for another 24 hours in rust remover, and then try to disassemble the rails and clean the interior. I wish I could find that catalog listing I was asking about in the other thread - $42 each for the two rails is sounding awfully reasonable right now
If anybody responded with a link to the appropriate catalog in that other deleted thread, would you please repeat it here?
The new shell and seatback upholstery have arrived, so am making some headway. Old shell is in sad shape, but could be refurbished with a bit of sheet metal replacement and some welding. I'll save it for another day.
I think enough is left of the carriage bolts to determine what physical sizes they were, but not the thread pitch - hopefully that is in the tech manuals. Anybody know?
I also speculate the rails were originally galvanized - paint isn't a suitable finish for the moving parts. I'm considering gunbluing for an alternative rust preventative coating for the rails because that is something I can do myself.
I'll post a pdf of the wood bottoms after I finish redrawing and verifying them.
My adjustment rails were rusted solid, and I wasn't sure how bad pitting was (studs were corroded beyond use and will need to be replaced; I'm not sure yet how they attach). I wire brushed the assembly, shot it with PB Blaster, and gave it 24 hours. It has started breaking loose but isn't there yet. Next step is to soak for another 24 hours in rust remover, and then try to disassemble the rails and clean the interior. I wish I could find that catalog listing I was asking about in the other thread - $42 each for the two rails is sounding awfully reasonable right now
If anybody responded with a link to the appropriate catalog in that other deleted thread, would you please repeat it here?
The new shell and seatback upholstery have arrived, so am making some headway. Old shell is in sad shape, but could be refurbished with a bit of sheet metal replacement and some welding. I'll save it for another day.
I think enough is left of the carriage bolts to determine what physical sizes they were, but not the thread pitch - hopefully that is in the tech manuals. Anybody know?
I also speculate the rails were originally galvanized - paint isn't a suitable finish for the moving parts. I'm considering gunbluing for an alternative rust preventative coating for the rails because that is something I can do myself.
I'll post a pdf of the wood bottoms after I finish redrawing and verifying them.
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Still working on those rails and kicking my self for not bookmarking that catalog.