Need A Tight Seat Frame Failed The Mot

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

My 87 e reg cti failed the mot today on drivers seat being insecure and front brake balance 29%. Ive ordered new brake disks and pads but im unsure what to do about the seat, ive taken it out and seperated all the frame and welded one side of every joint to sort of stiffen it up and put it back in but if it fails again has anyone got a spare or suggestions to tighten all the loose joints up?

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

ive also turned out the rubber bumpstops for want of a better word, the seat is a lot better but being a 2/3 door with lift forward seats its still very loose and a tad worried now to say the least as i will be without a car now if it fails

[McDude 33]

Is it the tilt mechanism that's to blame? You could take this out for the re-test and mount the seat straight onto the rail as a 5 door would - many people do this anyway to give more head room, I know I have.

[MiniGibbo 142]

i have a spare passenger frame thats tight if you dont get any offers and find a way to convert it.

[barrass 0]

Try clamping the frame together with something like an exhaust clamp or jubiliee clips this has worked for me in the past,it does not have to tilt to pass,take it off when you get home or find a MOT tester with a bit common sense,not easy these days !

[MiniGibbo 142]

Think you'll find that's wrong..

 

With the new regs "if the car has it, it must work"..

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

I might try that mcdude, i didnt realise you could miss out the tilt bit, which "is the part to blame". Minigibbo what do you want for the seat frame. And I dont know about clamping the seat down with anything but the mot tester told me that if i was going to weld the seat it only had to move forward and backwards, tilt doesnt matter but being a cti id end up ripping the seat out in frustration over time. Cheers for the suggestions guys.

[Tom Fenton 1,548]

I may have a frame, don't know how good it is or isn't though. I will have a look.

[mang 3]

Just find some where that will let it go through theres plenty around that is a crap reason for failing it I had that prob once I just took the seat out didnt need to work then but pulling up sitting on the floor dont know if there see the funny side.

P.s mine was the passanger seat

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Im not that tall to be honest lol, a mate was supposed to be taking it to someone for me that would overlook anything not serious but I was getting desperate and current mot runs out tonight so went to my usual place where there pretty good, im sure theres loads of other stuff he could pulled tho. New disks and pads are done and its ready for retest so we'll see

[McDude 33]

I might try that mcdude, i didnt realise you could miss out the tilt bit, which "is the part to blame".

Very quick and easy job, you can always put the tilt back in after the MOT.

[1 FAT PUG 39]

get to scrap yard at ranskill, sure they had a 2 door 205 in

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Do you mean that french spares place down station road? I've tried them a few times and all they ever say is oooooof aint ad one o them in here for years pal. Or that smaller one nearer to main road? I rang deatons last week and he said theyd had another one come in but forgot all about going to look chances are thats gone by now they dont keep anything long now

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Just to follow this up, it passed the retest this morning. The seat is now ok and brake balance is 4% now with new disks and pads and cleaned calipers sorted!

[SurGie 54]

Ive fitted a lower spec frame and it had no play in it at all, i had tightened all the frames and seat bolts up etc just in case. On the old MOT, as long as 3 are fitted well that is all thats needed, my Pug MOT man got it wrong at the time, the mot inspector that i had called out said so. I went to Pug when they were giving an MOT offer at the time.