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excossack



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United Kingdom 1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue
Rear seats - What am I missing?
Picked up a set of nice Exmoor trim seats for the 110. Started re-assembly today after getting frames powder coated.

All good except for one thing. The seats don't lock into the normal upright position.


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I think I can feel a hole under the fabric around the area I should have a locking pin?

Or it could be the bolt with the white plastic washer underneath is the locking pin? This has a tapered shoulder and I need to replace this with another bolt for the hinge to work ? 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
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Post #991684 6th May 2023 3:35pm
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landy andy



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My 110 seats (original) don’t have brackets there. Just on the C pillar.
Post #991685 6th May 2023 3:48pm
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excossack



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Thanks LA. How do you stop your seats from folding forwards?
Mine is a 1999 TD5 maybe the C-Pillar catch came later? 1999 Defender TD5 110

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Post #991687 6th May 2023 3:53pm
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TexasRover



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I had a 1999 which had the latch on the c-pillar.
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excossack



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The only catch I have is down towards the bottom of the sear base (has a sliding catch to release the seats)

This sliding catch stops the seat tipping forwards, but I have nothing to stop the rear back rest part of seat folding forwards. 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
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Post #991693 6th May 2023 4:58pm
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Nutter



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Hello i think that catch locks the two seats together when up 60/40 and the one down the bottom should tip them.
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landy andy



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excossack wrote:
Thanks LA. How do you stop your seats from folding forwards?
Mine is a 1999 TD5 maybe the C-Pillar catch came later?


If you look at this add. He is selling the retainers that I have on the Cpost and no clips on the two parts of the seat

https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic86511.html
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TexasRover



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Yes exactly that second picture is what I had on the 1999 which i retrofitted to my DCPU which normally has the rear seats fixed mounted with a bracket on each side giving you no access.

I had to make two brackets to secure the back side of these latching brackets.

Without them you would not have a lot of resistance to anything heavy sliding forward
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excossack



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Cheers chaps. I dont have that style seat back locking on mine. My seats are all locked at the bottom. Maybe due to being 33/33/33 seats.

However, I have it sussed. I remember two things.
1st - I had a set of seats in the loft - (dont we all) so I compared seat locking mechanisms and noticed its the same as the new seats I have and that there should be an extra pin/bolt for the catch to lock on to.

2nd - I had a bag of bits from the seller of the seats and a quick rummage revealed some spare / new pins/bolts

Turns out the fasbric covers a threaded insert. After I found this and careful use of a sharp knife I now have (circled in blue)



The seat backs now lock in position! Maybe tomorrows job is to swap the seats over. 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
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Post #991718 6th May 2023 8:17pm
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