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| | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | What is an "alder level"? Nonetheless, it takes at least a minute for your photo to open on my system. I had to wait for three pop-up windows to open, so I could close them in order to see your photo. I think this is your photo? I do not recognize what is in that photo? | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 215 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 215 | | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,120 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,120 | I couldn't tell from your picture what's going on. But here is a photo of the seat adjusters from my '51. They're in the relative positions with the front of the truck toward the top. There's a rod between the hole in the lever on the left side connected to the slot in the latch lever on the right side. Maybe that will help. I would think that the cable would connect the two latch levers the same way, running across the seat riser.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 | The 47-50 seat frame works off a continuous cable that winds across pulleys (underside of the frame). The slides are different then the 51-55 style which uses a release rod. https://www.flickr.com/photos/advance-design_parts_co/29437000195/in/album-72157631868452754/ What you are missing are two small square plates that bolt to the hole in your picture. These small squares secure the cable to the slides when the bolts are tightened. | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,120 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,120 | Cable and pulleys, eh? No wonder GM changed it. The cross-rod link seems like a much simpler system. Maybe at the cost of a rod running across under the seat.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | |
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