My Bolts on the back seat have cotter pins and once I got the back of the seat out, and was ready to put it back in, it was a real Bear trying to line up the connector for the bolts to fit through and get the cotter pins back in. I'm not mechanically inclined and very inexperienced in such matters but a tool (like a awl bent at the end [I don't know the name of it]) was used to line them up and a medical hemostat was very helpful in getting the cotter pins back in. A handheld mirror was helpful too. I don't know whether this might be helpful to you. I hope so.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hartmut Beil Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 6:52 PM To: [email protected]; Donald Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Need a Little Help Donald. The seat comes out together with the seat pan. You need to unscrew the seat pan, lift it up and find the bolts that hold down the seat frame to the spars. If I remember right, there are two bolts. Look at the images sequence here: <http://www.ercoupe.info/?n=Main.SeatRepair> http://www.ercoupe.info/?n=Main.SeatRepair The frame shows two holes where the bolts are going through. You have to unscrew the rods for the seat belts as well, but this is obvious. Hartmut From: Donald <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:41 PM To: ercoupe-tech@ <mailto:[email protected]> yahoogroups.com Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Need a Little Help I am tearing apart my newly acquired coupe, just need to fix a dozen little aggravating things, as well as do three STC. My problem is, I cannot get the seat out! And when I do, not sure what holds the side panels in place. I found the two bolts on the far upper outer ends of the seat frame, and the bottom hinges up. Apparently the triangle pieces of metal at the bottom seat back, that are attached to a long bolt reaching back to the next former holds the seat. Photo of a seat over at the Ercoupe Info Main Home page shows only one triangle piece back there, mine is SN 977, Is that all that holds the seat in place? The side panels seem to have some sort of a rod in their upper edge, but I cannot see any screws or bolts holding them.
