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[Remylebleu]

ive got bucket seats fitted and they do slightly lift when you not sat in them, about an inch max. the front are bolted on the bracket and they have a slide in and out arm at the back so they can lift forward.

someone told me today that they would fail the mot on this?

is this true?

[redhotminilewis]

Yes, mine failed because of this.

[Remylebleu]

oh! i was hoping he was lying because hes usually full of s**t. may have to bend the bar the arm catches onto to it locks down lower.

do you know why this is a fail?

i know a moving seat isnt the greatest but its only an inch hmmmmmm

[redhotminilewis]

Mine moved about have an inch and it failed. Its a fail because if theres play in the seat then its likely, after time the holding mechanism will get damaged and possibly perish and if your in an accident with a seat thats not secure, you go forward because of momentum and so does the seat. Sort of like a sandwich between the seatbelt, you and the seat.

However. Ive had it like that for about 3 years and its never been pulled up before. But it is a fail.

Edited by redhotminilewis, 27 February 2011 - 08:00 PM.

[charie t]

oh! i was hoping he was lying because hes usually full of s**t. may have to bend the bar the arm catches onto to it locks down lower.

do you know why this is a fail?

i know a moving seat isnt the greatest but its only an inch hmmmmmm

Its an insecure seat but the tester will use his discression. Ideally it shouldn't move at all, but the original mini locking design was not the best.
If you place some wood under the seat base so the seat can sit higher and move less, and it will pass. Best to look into a better way but to get you a green ticket

[Remylebleu]

ye thats logical, did your seat or did you ever feel you seat move whilst driving?

truthfully i do drive like a prat most of the time and i do brake quite late and ive never felt my seat move whilst im in it.....suppose it would be diffrent if i went into the back of a lorry or something

how did you solve yours?

ive got a back seat and it does get used, so i do kinder need my seat to move forward so welding it isnt really an option.

[Remylebleu]

my passenger seat does the same aswell, so that would come under a fail the same as the driver im guessing?

[charie t]

Mine moved about have an inch and it failed. Its a fail because if theres play in the seat then its likely, after time the holding mechanism will get damaged and possibly perish and if your in an accident with a seat thats not secure, you go forward because of momentum and so does the seat. Sort of like a sandwich between the seatbelt, you and the seat.

However. Ive had it like that for about 3 years and its never been pulled up before. But it is a fail.

Dependant on the original design. A morris minor never had a way of securing the seat base throughout production. Earlier models even had very helpful fold down backs too, which really helped you become disfigured.

[Remylebleu]

they sound fun! lol

mine are bucket seats mounted onto the orignal sliders and locking bars

will this make a diffrence to mr mot man?

[charie t]

my passenger seat does the same aswell, so that would come under a fail the same as the driver im guessing?

Yes, again down to the testers discretion. If he thinks it is inadequately secured, it will fail

[minimalal]

as above down to the tester sometimes
i also had this problem and i put blocks of mdf under my subframes, worked a treat

[Remylebleu]

how does the blocks of mdf work? was that a quick fix to pass mot or a permanent fixture?

[minimalal]

how does the blocks of mdf work? was that a quick fix to pass mot or a permanent fixture?

literally a quick fix to get it through
basically my subframe was too small and quite low, it sat underneath my subframe pushing it up

[Remylebleu]

oh ok, thats just give me an idea to stop mine rocking, slide some wood through the locking bars so it dont rock.....hopefully the mot man dont notice

[charie t]

oh ok, thats just give me an idea to stop mine rocking, slide some wood through the locking bars so it dont rock.....hopefully the mot man dont notice

I said that further up
Sit it on the carpet, double sided sticky tape it won't move, and will be fine for mot man too