So my seat bracket decided to take a shit last week. It's been acting weird and kinda clunked now and then, but I got in the car one morning and it made a big bang and the back end of the seat dropped. Trying to raise it with the control just made some sad mechanical whirring and clunking, with no appreciable movement of the seat. This left me lowriding and feeling very awkward trying to drive. Yesterday, I hit the local boneyard in attempt to find a seat rail, etc. to replace my broken one. Found an '87 country squire with 52,000 miles on the clock. Judging by everything but the body, I'd say those were original miles but anyhow, I tore out the seat and yanked the track in hope it would fit my '90. Long answer short, it didn't quite fit but i managed to modify it to fit. This required drilling the left-rear floor-mounting hole in a different spot, and drilling a different seat-to-bracket hole i believe on the right-rear. I also had to cut off part of the frame on the bottom of the seat but it all worked out. It's in and working fine but the seat leans a bit. I stacked some washers under it and it's better, but still has a starboard list. Need to pull the whole mess out again and probably space it a bit from the seat to the bracket. Should have taken pics but was too busy cursing my luck. Once i get this thing level i'll be happy with it but what a ballache. Looking at the '87 track/bracket though, it's WAAAAYYYY better made than the '90 was, it having stupid plastic tracks which were the cause of the failure that led to this debacle. Good ol' Ford, always keeping me guessing....
Also replaced my IAT sensor, removed and cleaned my IAC again, and ran some seafoam through the bitch. All in all a fairly productive day and my car doesn't rev around wildly when i cold start it now.
Anyhow, will report when i get that seat out again because i want to see if my old seat motor will fit the new bracket, as the motor on that one seems tired. Will try to get some pics then. Thanks for listening to my gibberish.
Also replaced my IAT sensor, removed and cleaned my IAC again, and ran some seafoam through the bitch. All in all a fairly productive day and my car doesn't rev around wildly when i cold start it now.
Anyhow, will report when i get that seat out again because i want to see if my old seat motor will fit the new bracket, as the motor on that one seems tired. Will try to get some pics then. Thanks for listening to my gibberish.
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