Follow up to This should be fun!

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??
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" no reason to "fix it till its broke" "

No reason to get cold feet now, break out the torches!
Or the welder. LOL
I'm kidding of course, if the bracket is easier I don't know why
it wouldn't work as long as it doesn't interfere with anything.
 
My conundrum Lawson......I think it was a poor design in the first place......everything is working fine right now and we all know how broken extractors...taps etc can be.....my thought is
that I can handle it if it becomes a need and fashion a better seat setup for now......if I can get it out?.....if the threads are not damaged?....if it doesn't need a helicoil?.....and on and on....think the bracket ...and address the
other if I need to is the route I am going to go.......translation.....yes....I am a sissy!!!......hopefully Joanie still loves me....LOL
 

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