Bongo Fury

Guys forgive me as i know this has been covered.....

I have read the thread for reversing passenger seat and still cannot get my head round it !!!! Prob me being really thick ... can anyone explain this process in a way a very simple person could understand ??? Its driving me mad and i actually believe the older i get the dimmer i get lol

Cheers

FAQ here that may help - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =43&t=9562 with a link to the factsheet that may make it clearer. What bit are you struggling with?

missfixit70 wrote:FAQ here that may help - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =43&t=9562 with a link to the factsheet that may make it clearer. What bit are you struggling with?

Thanks missfixit but isnt that for the rear seats ? (or am i missing something again !! ) I prob didnt make it clear but i want to reverse the front passenger seat. It was done by using extra runners......totaly confused me !!!

I've been experimenting with reversing the passenger's seat too. My current arrangement has a pair of plates which lock together, either way round, fitted between the runners and the seat. It's a really fiddle job to get everything lined up. Not an ideal solution, yet. When I'm back from this round Europe trip, I'll be redesigning again. One problem is that the seat doesn't really fit in back to front, due to the shape of the engine cover and the door trim. I may end up re-upholstering the back of the seat and improving the flip up seat base.

the guvnor wrote:

missfixit70 wrote:FAQ here that may help - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =43&t=9562 with a link to the factsheet that may make it clearer. What bit are you struggling with?

Thanks missfixit but isnt that for the rear seats ? (or am i missing something again !! ) I prob didnt make it clear but i want to reverse the front passenger seat. It was done by using extra runners......totaly confused me !!!

Not paying proper attention, I did wonder how you'd accomadate your new floor mounted table Why not just make some more comfortable pads for the flip seats? I thought about this issue a while back & couldn't justify spending any time on it. How much space is actually gained?
I did come up with a possible silly idea that may be possible to make it work in a different way however , basically have a mechanism whereby the seat slides forward & flips back by 90 degrees so the back of the seat becomes the seat & the seat becomes the back, it wouldn't take much to make a cople of mounting holes so the head reast could be removed & replaced in the top of the "new" seat back.

It's about a 5 minute job with mine and makes watching the TV a lot more comfortable

francophile1947 wrote:It's about a 5 minute job with mine and makes watching the TV a lot more comfortable

DAMN YOU !!!!!!!!!!

You cant put a pic like that in this thread and then just dissapear without explanantion !!! (if you do explain....make it very very very simple )

Very nice seats by the way

the guvnor wrote:DAMN YOU !!!!!!!!!!

Don't know if I should reply now
Being non-standard seats, when I wanted to fit them, scanner (another forum member) had some adaptor plates made up, so that the seat mounting holes lined up. So it's just a matter of undoing the 4 main bolts that hold the seat in and then removing the 4 Allen Screws from the adaptor plates and fitting them backwards - then just replace the 4 main bolts to hold the seat in - simples

francophile1947 wrote:

the guvnor wrote:DAMN YOU !!!!!!!!!!

Don't know if I should reply now
Being non-standard seats, when I wanted to fit them, scanner (another forum member) had some adaptor plates made up, so that the seat mounting holes lined up. So it's just a matter of undoing the 4 main bolts that hold the seat in and then removing the 4 Allen Screws from the adaptor plates and fitting them backwards - then just replace the 4 main bolts to hold the seat in - simples

Simples it is.....bet it dont work on standard seats though ! Will trot off and try

Knowing my luck its gonna be far from simples !

Cheers franco

What I think you are after is the modification which former member bongo Patrol from Northern Ireland made to his front passenger seat. It took quite us all a while to squeeze the information on how he did it out of him.

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 47&t=19532

Tony

John (you sod),

Are those seats from something in particular, or are they eBay specials/kit car seats?.

Cheers
Dave

dave_aber wrote:John (you sod),

Are those seats from something in particular, or are they eBay specials/kit car seats?.

Cheers
Dave

Ebay specials - £99 the pair Don't remember them being listed for any particular car. They came from here http://www.passionauto.co.uk/ but they don't seem to do seats anymore

i saw in a scrappy near me a set of seats(full leather racaro) which look very similar,they were fitted in a toyota lucida or estima,this motor has the same flat floor runner system as the bongo,may be worth checking these out.