a little trouble

[dieselboy]

so, when the pull release for the rear seats has gone somewhere other than where it should be - meaning that you cannot tilt one of the rear seats forward, how on earth can you remove it from the vehicle completely?

[biosurf]

stick a pair of needle nose pliers into the hole where the release was grab the screw and pull it up. That should release it

[dieselboy]

stick a pair of needle nose pliers into the hole where the release was grab the screw and pull it up. That should release it

when i looked previously, i couldnt even see the little rod in the hole...

[biosurf]

Wheres Mr Leach when you need him?

Try pushing the seat back foam down around the hole for the pull bit as far as you can and you will hopefully see the end of the screw if you look inside.
hopefully.

[dieselboy]

Wheres Mr Leach when you need him?

Try pushing the seat back foam down around the hole for the pull bit as far as you can and you will hopefully see the end of the screw if you look inside.
hopefully.

ok i will try some jiggery pokery
have shed loads of other things to do before hand though. cheers for your advice.

[captain_chaos]

Unscrew the lift catch from the other side and use it on the side that's missing. Do this until you're passing through a scrap yard and then swipe one out of a car with a similar catch. Worked for me

[biosurf]

I did that then found that its the damn screw has snapped so theres barely any thread to screw it on to

[captain_chaos]

I did that then found that its the damn screw has snapped so theres barely any thread to screw it on to

dam, I must have been lucky then and had enough thread left. Thought about some glue in the catch and fix it into place?

[dieselboy]

my rods completely missing...

[MattF]

Try a wire hook and see if you latch onto anything. I've no idea how the mech is designed, but there must be some type of arm down there to hook over.

[Slugsie]

my rods completely missing...

Get a long flat headed screw driver, climb into the boot, and poke around in the area where the catch goes into the back of the seat. If you do it right you can lift the mechanism up and move the seat. I had to do the same on my old Surf where it also broke the threaded bit off.

[dieselboy]

cheers for all your wise words

[nero279]

unscrew the carpet and board bit from the back of the seat and pop it off, see if you can see any way of releasing the seat then?

[mckirdy-services]

Use an angle grinder

that should get the seat out