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Third seat in a 740

In addition to the antenna I already mentioned, I bought a 3rd seat and seatbelts from the salvage yard for $35! Wow. I think I get great deals when I go to a place like that by myself; I don't think my husband would get the prices I did. :-)

Most of the installation is pretty straightforward except for the pins that go into the bracket. Is it possible for a single, two handed person to install that herself? I had to get someone to push the pin in in order to get the seat out; do I need someone to push the pin in to get it in too? It's a hard push, too, so my kids can't help. :-)

is it possible to get the bolts machine tightened on the seatbelts when I'm all done? I tightened them as best I could but I really want to make sure they're in tight before driving other people's kids in them.

====Kate,

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Mom to Ursula (8), Sage (6), Benno (2.5) Raising a child is Beta testing written large, because each person is unique to greater andlesser extents, but with attention and chronic good humor and consistency, aided by preparation and some fiscal wherewithal, things work out, don't they? ~ Dark Cloud

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Kate
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Wicked good price on the 3rd seat. I saw a salvaged one for sale at a parts dealer for $495 cdn.

RF

Reply to
Ritchard Findlay

no kidding. I hate to appear sexist, but stuff like that sometimes happens to me and I suspect gender bias. of course, I wonder about the shop in Palo Alto that I think took me for a ride, so it balances out.

I got the seat in with the help of my husband. It took a better pair of pliers than I had been using, but it also needed a second person to push the seat into place while I depressed the pin.

Now that the seat is in it won't lie flat. I wonder if the shop moves any of the gas lines underneath the seat? is there anyone with a 3rd row seat who is willing to send me some jpg's of the installed seat?

kate

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Kate

Putting the pins in isn't hard, they slip right in. I'm not sure why yours are being such a tussle.

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Chicorita

ok, doofus warning. I didn't lift the seat bottom forward first and then put the seatback over it. my seat actually works great. sheesh. that's what I get for installing one without ever having seen one in action, other than the one I stripped out of the car at the salvage yard.

I do still need information on the seatbelts since the lowest one is flush with the tirewell and I don't think it's supposed to be that way.

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Kate

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