trans removal Well Dennis, I got the thing up in the air again after work since you got me thinking about it and took some pics. Looks to me like if I have to pull the transmission the only thing in the way will be the header itself. If it comes down to it, I'll just section the balance tube and make it a slip fit. Here's a few pics:
Dennis, do you have a pic of the connections your talking about? haven't seen them before and you don't have any problem with an exhaust leak?
Here's the only one I have but if you want a better one, I'll jack the car up and get under there. Just let me know.
Courier 11, anymore pics of the seats all done? And I already have bucket seats in my car would it be hard to take seats like that and make them work in my car? Thanks, Thom
seat pics. A mix of lazyness, dead batteries, time constraints and computer weirdness have prevented me from getting any more good pictures of my seats. I'll get around to it sooner or later. As far as you being able to do the same in your car, if you have a small amount of fabrication skill and a little time, you can do it. If you pull the rear seat out of an eclipse/talon/laser, be sure to grab everything that isn't welded in, especially the bracket under the seat the seat belt bolt to. don't forget the latches for the top half of the seat. Have fun!
Got some 91 Eagle Talon front seats in my 70 Mav Got them in a couple weeks ago. Found them on eBay for $60 plus shipping. Good and black. Took a long time to figure out how I wanted to mount them, until I borrow some bucket rails from Mr. Doug Bauer. I put the Mav rails next to the Talon rails that were still attached to the seats, then lined them up roughly in the middle, as the Mav rails are about 5 inches shorter than the Talon rails. I then drilled holes in the Talon rails, ran the rails to either side and installed new Grade 5 bolts in all four locations of each seat. The driver's side was first, and the outter rail fit right into the factory holes in the floor for the Mav bench seat. Here was the best part. I used 3/8 inch black pipe fittings from Lowes to create my inner spacers. The rears are actually 3/8 to 1/2 inch reducers with one large washer on top for surface area to the rail. The front spacers consist of one 1/2-1/2-3/8 Tee to a 3/8 90, which gave me some front to back support when accelerating and braking. There is also a 1/2 to 3/8 reducer on top that I used to adjust the height by screwing the fitting out of the Tee. A large washer on top of that, drill a hole through the floor, making sure there was nothing underneath that I might drill through by accident. I was actually able to use the factory Talon holes for the inner rails, both front and back. Once I got one seat in, had to drive it back to Lowe's with only three bolts holding it so that I could get some shorter bolts for the outer rails. Also no passenger seat. Actually thought about leaving the passenger seat out once I really started looking at the extra space I could gain without it in there. Installed it anyway. Same method as the driver's side, but took even less time. Took about 2 1/2 hours total, with the second trip to Lowe's in the rain. Looks great, and man it sure makes all the difference in the world over the bench, and over the factory Mav buckets I had in another Maverick. Might look into doing the rear seat as well...like the idea of having the fold down seat in the rear!! Will try to get some pics of everything when I get a chance. Easy upgrade! http://www.mavman30.d2g.com
Looking good Ray. I hope I get to see it this June, at the All Ford Picnic in Bellevue. I have your parts , so you have to make it down.....LOL
Coop- Thanks to the parts I got from you, I'll be able to finishe the job and trim the whole thing out. Thanks again!
