Hello All, I have a 1992 240 Wagon. It's presently running pretty well, but of course, the plastics are aging and becoming brittle. For the most part, I don't really care about this.
Today, however, a piece of plastic that I do care about broke, and I'm wondering just how ugly the repair might be.
Being a wagon, the rear seat folds down. So, there's a well in the rear-seat back with a plastic grip you pull up to disengage the latch that holds the seat back in the upright position.
This plastic grip is what broke. The part you squeeze broke away from the part attached to the linkage.
The seat is now in the down position, and it looks to me like if I lift the seat back so there's a back seat again, I won't be able to disengage the latch since there's nothing to grip. I suppose I could find some pry tool to move this if I had to.
I will have to get this fixed, and I have two questions, if anyone happens to know the answers.
First, how ugly is this repair? Does the grip just pry off, to be easily replaced, or does the seat back have to come out and apart? I notice a zipper on the edge of the seat - I wonder if that's there to make this repair "easier".
Second, willl it make it easier for the mechanic (I will almost certainly be paying someone to do this) if I leave the seat back in the down position?
Thanks! Patrick Keenan