Follow up to This should be sporty!

Well Forum Chums.....the plot thickens!!

This from Sean in PA from the Ford Forum........"That rear seat "bolt" is not a bolt, and it actually serves two purposes. Besides being the place to mount the seat, it is also the anchor pin for the draft plunger on the 3 point lift. If you disconnect the toplink and unscrew the yoke on the end of the plunger (shaft that goes trough the spring) a bit, it will take the tension off of that pin and it will be easier to get out, also easier to line things up correctly to put the new pin in, don't use bolt, get the proper pin, current part number 81837083. The front one's just a regular stud, but that rear one has a non-threaded pin on the end down inside that holds the front of the draft plunger in place."

I be thinking.....Why even muck with it.....why not remove the top bolt from the top link assembly......weld an L bracket on to the seat plate....drill hole in said bracket....get a longer bolt to compensate for the width of the bracket and be done with it......does that make me a sissy??....no reason to "fix it till its broke"....as one of the forum chums once stated!!....whatcha think??

Sure that would be OK. For me, repair of something like you have there boils down to the challenge to do it right and the gratification that comes with success. Now that and $.69 will by a small coffee at McDonald's. I think most of us fix this old stuff up for challenge and gratification. If we needed that machine back in the field to perform a necessary task, then your method would surely apply.