This was a major headache on my restoration. The entire seat pan area
had to be replaced, and since none of the
usual suspects had the entire piece, I had to combine the rear section
from the Nocks with a cut off bottom section
from HS. Of course the pans would not fit. After much grinding, and
unprintable comments, and cutting off the
studs and re welding new ones, they finally fit reasonably well. Some
therapeutic assistance from many beers is needed.
Some of the relevant photos are on my Flicker page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dryview/sets/72157609302724320/
John
BJ8s
andy pole wrote:
> Guys
> Just searched the archives with no joy, I have just drilled the holes in the
> rear seat surround to fit the rear seat pans (new surround and pans) and the
> pan will stop about 1" from meeting the surround, looking from underneath the
> dished part of the pan is catching on the surround. I have measured both and
> it does indeed look like the dished part is too wide for the hole.
>
> I tried an old pan and its the same. I can only see two ways out either; file
> the edge of the surround, or bend the edge (the lower recessed part that takes
> the seal) downwards. I do not really want to do either to a newly painted
> chassis. I take it non-one else has this problem and the pans fit straight
> away? I did grind the studs of the old pan and it still will not drop into the
> hole.
>
> Anyone want a bj8? Any thoughts.
> thanks Andy
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