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DaveW #156054 18/09/13 04:18 AM
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Interesting.....smaller wheel perhaps for others of more portly build?


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I also considered cutting around the runners so that I could take the carpet out easily. This time I couldn't do it............
Maybe next time!


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Post Photobucket Re-Boot from September 2013.

I was aware that the thick wooden spacers were discontinued at some point, maybe 2008. Then Clipper mentioned that he preferred a low position and had the spacers taken from his new car. So his new Morgan may have had spacers added.

Anyway, here are the measurements:
Here is my Roadster with a straight edge across the tunnel and door seal. Note there is no significant gap to the seat base.



And here's Bumble with no spacers:
The gap is a couple of inches!!!!!!!



More to follow..........................


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Here's a refresh. first the front fasteners. Front pair through the chassis, second pair through the floorboards.
Runners are straight onto the carpet.



And the rears which are inside the U shaped runners and need a thinwall socket/tube spanner or an open ender, end on.



This is what holds the seat in place:
The rear bolts are longer as they pass through the thick part of the chassis which also has the spring front mounts.



Lift the seat out and this is what you get:



The underside of the seat. I don't see any difference to the Roadster to be honest. Note the protruding nuts. They press into the floorboards if you don't have spacers.



You can see how far it protrodes here:



My new runners, with hole for those protruding nuts.



It's a match......



Test Fit:



Nearly there:(note stainless chassis cover!)



And this is the difference it makes!!!
For a shorty like me, this is much better, but still have to do it all again tomorrow for the drivers side.
The front 4 bolts need to be 2.5". The rear pair need to be 3.5", so I've had to order some because I've only got one 3.5" bolt in stock. Grrrrrr!



Update from 2017 - before I sold Bumble, I removed these spacers which were just a bit too deep, and replaced them with some which were about half the thickness.


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Pleased to see you hoovered that carpet grin2


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Oh yes..................

Some of that debris would have been genuine MMC shavings........

Maybe I should have bottled it and put it on Ebay.


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