Help! OK...did I do something wrong or was it Murphy's law?

[Scarlett's Boy]

I noticed that the inside hinge cover (driver's side) 81 model, was about to fall off. Sounds simple. You go to Ebay, buy a package of new acorn nuts & pop em' on. Right? Well...NOW the drivers seat back won't fold down. NOW WHAT? Thanks!ad

 

[Scarlett's Boy]

My 81 seat issue......solved?

Ok, after replacing the acorn nuts on seat hinge cover, seat REFUSED to tilt forward. I started poking around inside the hinge area from the front, between the cushion & the hinge with a small flat blade screw-driver. Felt something move. Seat is operational again. I'm wondering if when I popped those acorn nuts on with a hammer, did some safety gadget activate so the seat would not tilt like in an accident? DUH! All I know is it's working now. HOO-RAH!

 

[bill81vette]

yes you did!!!!
glad to hear you fixed it!!!!

 

[Wajulia]

The hinges on the seats have an inertial" switch" that stops the seat collapsing forward in a crash. It is a simple pendulum that locks the seat from moving forward. I assume yours is a little sticky and got stuck when putting the cover back on and then freed up again. Some wd40 will probably fix the issue from ever happening again

 

[Scarlett's Boy]

Soooo it wasn't Murphy's ghost after all!

Thanks for the tip. I was scratching my head & kicking my own butt (mentally) neither of which worked until I started poking around in there with the screw-driver.:duh