Rear Seat Fixing

[Trickydicky]

Everytime I go over a speed bump or any indulations in the road my back seat upright rattles and its getting rather annoying, problem is that generally there are only two of us in the car and I cant persuade the wife to travel in the back.......

At the moment it is held in place with what I think is the standard way, a short piece of leather strap attached to the back of the seat with a press stud on the chassis.

Has any one got a better way of fixing it so it does not rattle about? pictures would be good too!!

[jagnut66]

Hi,
Mines a 1963 model and the rear seat back slides in on a couple of runners at the bottom and when in position is held there by a couple of wing-nuts with washers, which pass through a couple of holes in the body panel behind the seat and then tighten into captive nuts in the back of the seat back itself.
I'll pop out to the car and take a photo for you.
Best wishes,
Mike.

[jagnut66]

Pictures as promised:
The first shows the wing-nut / washer in position.
The second the captive nut in the seat back.
The third illustrates, as best I can without pulling the seat out, the position of the bracket which the runner is at the bottom of, these slide in a metal channel at either side of the bottom of the body panel, facing the inside of the car. Though you may already know about them, as your car probably has the same arrangement in this area.
I hope this of some help. [frame][/frame]
Plenty of copper grease, as you can see!! [frame][/frame][frame][/frame] PS: I also glued sound deadening material to the back of the seat back, seen quite clearly in this last photo, which also helps.

[simmitc]

You can bend a small strip of metal so that it has a flat piece at each end and a step in the middle. One end is screwed to the back of the seat (in the boot) so that it can swivel. The step is of a depth whereby the rest of the strip has just enough clearance to go over the top lip of the aperture. When the bar is swivelled up, the seat is locked into place, when swivelled down, the seat back can fold forwards. Cheap as chips, 5 minutes work.

[Trickydicky]

Thanks guys for the suggestions, I can see the advantages of both methods.

I think I will go with mike`s method as I dont forsee the need to lower the back seat, so whilst both methods are a permanent fixing, screwing the seat to the chassis with wing bolts will definetly cure the rattle.

Thanks again.

[chesney]

Mike - yours is the standard way for a later saloon, Tricky has an earlier system which did indeed have a press stud. Mine has this system but the press stud has rotted so it's held with a wood screw and a star washer - makes a horrible grating when going over bumps

[jagnut66]

Mike - yours is the standard way for a later saloon, Tricky has an earlier system

I did think that, which means of course that the solution is even simpler, as all you need to do is find a slightly later seat back and recover it with your cars seat back cover. The wing-nuts may even come with it but if not they can't be that hard to find (TOM ROY?).
There's a couple on eBay, links below, quite cheap, you'll just need to ask the sellers what the year of the car was that they each came out of to make sure they're what you're looking for.
Best wishes,
Mike.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MORRIS-MINOR- ... 2ec45fb362

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Morris-Minor- ... 2578e3361f

[chesney]

Mine has a later back seat in it, the original split down the middle when a fat mate sat in the back
Now a dazzling shade of blue and maroon
I'm holding out for a new back cover - well, holding out until I win the lottery
I'll look into the ebay options, cheers.

[jagnut66]

True, new seat covers are not cheap, especially if you have leather. I recovered my seats this year, the rear seat set (both back and base) is £187 plus VAT on the Bull Motif site, for vinyl.
However mine needed doing, as it had become brittle with age and tore all too easily.
So that was her 49th Birthday present...........