Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Three Wheeler & Super 3 Seat back removal

In an effort to make the seats more comfortable, I want to remove the upper section of the seat back, so I can change the angle of dangle, but can't work out how it is fixed. It could be velcro but it doesn't move easily enough when I pull, so I don't want to damage anything by pulling too hard, has anyone had theirs out yet, and if so, what is the secret?

Easy peasy, many thanks, I wasn't thinking they had fixed it in quite so securely.

I had mine out again today, fixing a couple more slack bulkhead bolts.

Ivan, wrt loose fasteners & bolting, are you using a torque wrench and some form of standard torque figure(s) or is just a matter of judgement?

No torque setting, just tighten up any bolts that are loose.
They use a lot of crimped in captive nuts on the frame, a number of mine are turning, which makes tightening more difficult.
Fortunately I have been able to get to the back of most of them to hold them or replace with normal nuts.

I can't seem to locate the 2 metal tabs which release the lower back rest. Presumably they are accessed from within the car and are between the top of the lower back rest and the bottom of the top backrest. Is this correct and how and which way do I move them to release.

They aren't really tabs, they are large pieces of aluminium, size of a pocket diary, with a kink in them. These slide up behind the upper section of the seat. Hope tis makes sense

The first time I removed mine I couldn't slide the bottom section out until I took off the seat belt catches, I've since trimmed a bit off the bottom corners of the bottom section to save having to do this each time .
While you've got them out its well worth sealing all the gaps with tape and silicon it stops the car filling up with water when it rains and prevents the interior getting covered in dust from the belt.

Almost finished with the sealing and am tackling the almost last bit of covering the rear access to the seat belt channel. It is wide open to the rear wheel and deserves a cover. My lady friend did not take kindly to pulling the seatbelt out to fasten it and finding road grit, water and mud added to her once clean shirt.

I could really do without those withering looks... sigh

Found a 1/2" water pipe foam insulator that I will modify to fit around the rear tray to help with keeping road mung from creeping up to that space. Biggest problem with that is the leather hinge flap. Someone posted a picture of a ABS trailer fender that with only a slight modification wraps around the whole wheel and would seem to greatly reduce the dirt incidence. That's next!

Yep, the trailer mudguard works well ,well worth doing too ! I've also fitted a piece of leather across the gap by the leather hinge, I got caught in heavy storm last week and for the first time the boot was completely dry:-)