Pilothouse Seats

[Reg Evans]

Eat your heart out sunny boy. I'm a kept old man now thanks to my much younger sugar momma.

[Dodgeb4ya]

Reg,

I can sew as fast or slow as I like- straightaways and hard slow curves. Sun visors are the real test of slowness! These Pfaffs are a really good H-Duty machine and totally controllable. The one I showed is a 145 series. I also have a Consew which is a little more unforgiving speedwise.

Your clutch must be out of adjustment or damaged possibly. Just turn the handwheel if you want to sew! Might be a bit too slow though!

[Aaron]

Guys,

I am re-doing my seats in my 48 B1B right now and was able to get the bottom seat out easily, but am wondering what the trick is to get the back part of the seat out? From what I can tell it pivets from 2 points on the back so you can tilt the bottom of it outward, but I can't figure out how to lift it out of the truck.

Aaron

[Merle Coggins]

There are hooks that hook over the top of the seat frame. If the seat is back against the back wall it will be difficult to remove. If you can slide the seat forward a bit it'll help. Pull the the bottom of the cushion forward to unclip it from the frame, then lift up to unhook it from the top bar.

In the picture you can see the hooks that clip over the bar, and the bottom part that clips around the lower bar.

[razerface]

Bob,

I have a Pfaff machine just like yours and have a question. Mine seems to run at an all or nothing speed. In other words I can't get it to sew slowly with the foot pedal.

you must need a new rheostat in the pedal?

[Reg Evans]

you must need a new rheostat in the pedal?

I think you must be right.

[razerface]

i bought a tig welder cheap one day cause i took the chance,,,,they had a wire come off on the pedal,,and put it back on in the wrong place. I welded flat out no matter what. I was amazed they could not figure out that what they had just done,,,was the problem.

[Reg Evans]

Hey, wanna a good deal on an industrial sewing machine ?

[razerface]

Hey, wanna a good deal on an industrial sewing machine ?

I have no talent in that area,,,i tried upholstery a couple times. It wasn't pretty.

[Dodgeb4ya]

Reg, Check the treadle linkage adjustment-maybe it's jammed at max speed. It should be quick to figure out. Disconnect the rod and manually operate the motor. After you fix it you can get into the upholstery business and make the big $$$$$.

Bob

[DollyDodge]

regarding how back (top) seats come out of the trucks. My 50 is easy, it has two clips on the top and two mid way down the back. First pull the bottum away from the frame, then lift upward to remove the seat. Our 49 was a different story. It had pins that were held in place with a spring type cotter pin in the end and a cap over the other (difficult to describe). They were a bugger to get out. I have done it two or three times and it never is easy

[Tony_Urwin]

My B1C has a seat back that is hinged at the top. Just had to drive the hinge pins out to remove it. It sounds like there are some different types of seats on our trucks.

[grey beard]

Gentlemen,

Here's what my Pilothouse seats look like with 1987 Ford F150 upholsterty taken from a junk yard and hog-ringed onto my original seat, over top of the original upholstery. It cost me only the hog rings, so it was cheap, works just fine, and I can even dye the upholstery a different color if I don't like what I have.

If you try to go this route, the secret is to look for a standard cap pickup. The super cabs and crew cabs do not have a solid bench seat, and that is what you need for covers. The size was amazing - I just stretched the Ford covers over my seats, and they fit like they were made for a Dodge.

Good Luck

[41/53dodges]

how does that work? all the ford seats i measured were 60", and my seat was 56" i found that what looks to be a 70's GM work van, which just drops in in place of the old seat once you unbolt the legs.