Stock seat project

[george walker]

I want to use the OD leatherette from beachwood for my seats, its vinyl in od (which is required for the litters in ambulances) no smell, no staining clothes. And yes- dense foam for the padding makes a big difference, you just need to attach it to the springs some or it will shift over time under the cover.

[Binford]

My passenger seat (out of a duece) I redid with 4" upholstry foam in place of the springs and horsehair pads. I like that seat sooooo much better than the springy stock driver's seat. But I can't drive from the right seat so I'm stuck bouncing along.

Nice thread, fishtail. Did you re-tack the back panel to the top of the seat frame? Looks like someone did. I had to on mine. I also added a strip of 1" wide 1/8 thick strap for reinforcement.

[fishtail]

It just looks like that in the photo, but its factory.

Scott

[SAC715]

One question I was going to need to ask once I got around to the seats is.."are the metal panels on the back supposed to have a curve to them or are mine bent?" The spot welds on both of my seats are broke.

[brute4c]

Should be flat.

[fishtail]

I read somewhere on SS that someone rolled up foam and stacked them inside the large springs. Kept the seats from being too bouncy. I might try that. If it doesn't work, it'd only take a few minutes to take them out.

Scott

[brute4c]

I put foam in mine...helped a LOT!

[TLCox52]

Finally acquired some rough sawn white oak for my seats!!!
Cost me 10 pounds grass fed beef burger...
All cut to spec, stained, and ready to seal up.

Can't find dimensions for drilling the holes -- and my braces from MW Power Wagon are a bit wobbly so I'd like to get it right to snug it all up.

Much appreciate an assist!!!

[Blitz]

I cant help on the bolt hole dimensions and locations.. as the previous owner of my truck had already done an outstanding job rebuilding the troop seats .

But I did have to go back and wedge some plastic "door shims" between the uprights and the bed slots, just to tighten it all up and take out some annoying squeaks.
Once the wood slats are all installed, tightening up the bolts seems to take a lot of slop out, and i'm pretty sure you will need to do that "well after they are installed"
after the wood has had a chance to "seat".

I searched through some old posts here to find the drill specs for you, but I had no luck.

countersunk is a priority, as are rounded and routered edges.

Someone here knows and has posted those specs...

Even if I went out and measured them all...
I'm not confident in that exacting detail to refer you to those measurements.

It seems that most guys used the old rotted seats to make new planks.

hopefully someone has this info.

[m715chef]

i put new seats in my kaiser a week later they started to mildew,does anyone know how i can fix this?aside from moving from hot and steamy south Louisiana.