Bench seat conversion to fold down rear seat

[piperpainter]

here is the in progress picture. I have been puttin new insulation in and doing the seat mod....its been interesting! I having fun and not having fun. I do however look forward to finishing the seat.

[DaV8or]

Quote: piperpainter

here is the in progress picture. I have been puttin new insulation in and doing the seat mod....its been interesting! I having fun and not having fun. I do however look forward to finishing the seat.

[piperpainter]

Sorry guys I guess the picture didn't upload last night like I thought it would. All in All i spent less than $10 in stuff to make the seat actually move. But then you have the uphulstery and carpet and making things look pretty! I spent I think less than $200 in supplies to have this completed. Oh...and I need a new back after working inside hunched over for hours and hours ...eyyY! Well worth it though!

[Qwalton]

Wow that looks great! Looks like it adds tons more storage room as well.  Could you show what you did to make the seats lay down?

[rob]

A HOWTO on this would definitely be appreciated!

[KJATCt]

That looks great and USEFUL! How did you do it?

[piperpainter]

I will post how to do it soon. According to my mechanic because we only changed one thing its considered a Minor modification and does not require FAA field approval, only a log book entry by an IA. More to come along with instructions & pictures.

[scottfromiowa]

BRILLIANT!  Can't wait to see your "how to" Bryan.  Well done!

[piperpainter]

Still working on the pictures  I went ahead and tested things out. I can easily fit a scooter like this http://www.x-tremescooters.com/gas_scooters/xg550/xg550.html in the back of the plane. In fact I am going to purchase another one like it so I can go places and have a way to get around quickly when I land. Of course that would be when there is only 1 other person with me....80% of the time! Pretty excited!!!

I need to check the size of the pins I used to hold the seat up, but you will need 2 spacers. They are 10-32 steel or aluminum. The other is going to be 2 hitch pins that are the same size of the bolt currently holding up the seat. I am going to possibly fly tonight and try and take some pictures then give a detailed write up tomorrow if time permits. Again, for those that are curious this mod took me maybe a 2 days full work to complete nicely, thats including interior changes!  

 

[scottfromiowa]

Thanks in advance for your work on putting photos and "how-to" together Bryan!

[MooneyMitch]

The character quality I admire about Bryan is:

"Some people see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?.....Robert Kennedy

[carusoam]

When Bryan is on a mission, he stays focused to the end.... Witness the red paint, the polished spinner and now the fold down seat.

I think Kennedy may have borrowed the phrase...."Some men see things as they are and say why - I dream things that never were and say why not."
  --  George Bernard Shaw

http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/3143

Mitch applied the phrase better than any Kennedy could....

 

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