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If you don't replace the springs you'll never achieve the perfect ass nirvana VW engineered them to do, maybe you have grown accustomed to that soft spot and it won't matter, it's up to you, I always find a seat with all it's springs more comfy even though it wasn't bad before. And how many other springs are close to letting go?, clean them up and inspect. Old couches are often good donors for springs like that if you can't get your hands on a donor bus seat.
A media blast and powder coat is the best way to refinish the frames/springs, a wire brush and maybe pressure wash followed by a liberal coat of Rustoleum would be a close second, maybe even some sort of acid to remove the rust?
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: walk thru seat prep |
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You might make yourself insane, but... I had a regular plastic bristle car scrubbing brush in one hand and an air blower chuck in the other and went for it. I have scrubbed every piece of the smallest fur off all the seat frames of two beetles, a 13w bus, and a my camper this way. A shop vac might substitute well if you would rather suck than blow.
I don't know what that blurry hole picture represents. If it's a PO's idea of a seat belt mount they are sorely mistaken. Is the driver's side of the pass seat missing its welded pivot tab? Again, too fuzzy with your cell phone.
The gate latch behind the seat back better be off there before you finish reading this. 
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I wonder what the nut looks like.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: walk thru seat prep |
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My ‘58 has an oblong hole. You can see it right by the termination of the bulkhead wing.
Matt Miller did my seats. He used cotton over burlap.
Here’s a shot of the passenger side with the seat back laying on the bottom cushion.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: walk thru seat prep |
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The oblong hole is just a production thing - that's how the metal base was made.
I wouldn't want to re-use the coco pads, I think they will fall apart or are already thin from age and wear.
Did your passenger side backrest have a coco pad?
Later Buses only have stuffing for the passenger side backrest - no pad.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: walk thru seat prep |
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I don't know when paint code decals came into use- but if I had the holes of that latch with which to deal- it's what I'd do. Or maybe a maintenance sticker from an esso station
It is strange about the passenger side seat back and lack of hair padding. The seat back is fully covered in the later models (my '66)- are they for the early ones as well? Perhaps there's an upholstering production technique that coincided?
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I wonder what the nut looks like.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: walk thru seat prep |
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| Blast and powder coat. That way it’s done for the life of the vehicle. |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: walk thru seat prep |
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Weld the spring if you don't have a replacement....I do it all the time.
Then sand blast, check all springs....to make sure no more broke during blasting, powder coat.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:41 am Post subject: Re: walk thru seat prep |
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| You can get brass tubing from hobby supply places and slide a pre-bent 2" curve around the two broken spring halves then crimp into the brass with dikes to hold. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: walk thru seat prep |
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they are very simple to replace. i would try to find some from another seat and replace them. I have done several spring replacements on middle and rear seats.
send me the size of the springs, I might have a few that will work.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:07 am Post subject: Re: walk thru seat prep |
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| obus wrote: |
P.S. do i need to worry about these holes and what the heck are they?
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| My ‘58 has an oblong hole. You can see it right by the termination of the bulkhead wing. |
I always assumed the oblong hole was access to nutting and wrenching a seatbelt attachment point. Early year might negate this theory as I don't know how far back you could even get them. Later years the nut was preattached so access wasn't really necessary. |
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that gate latch was there when i got it and probably was put on by the 1st owner. if i take that off then i have holes in the pass side bulkhead panel. I don't know which is worse?! Yes there are holes cut for seat belts and the such. the blurry one i put a piece of packing tape over it just to keep any bugs,etc out. It is the ovalish one on the passenger side that i am wondering what it is?
