720inOlyWa Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Drivers side seat rehab project. Maybe I can graft some foam bits onto the seat bun, shape them, and save it. Probably, I could. But a better seat bun would sure be great. More pressing to this project, I found one of the side springs and one main seat springs are broken, so I am looking for a source for those two, for sure. If you have or know where to find seat springs and a seat bun for a 720 KC bucket seat, circa 1985, I would love to know about it. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment
720inOlyWa Posted July 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Wow. All I needed was a tumbleweed bouncing through this thread and we would have had the most abandoned plea in the history of Ratsun! I guess you are on your own for seat buns and springs, huh. Okay, okay, I’ll figure it out... 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Just buy another seat for the parts. If you are talking stock 720 buckets I believe the driver and passenger seat bottom foam and springs are interchangeable. Quote Link to comment
arizonajones Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Yeah, they should be. I re-did the upholstery on mine and their foam bits are not specific to driver/passenger side (unless the earlier models were different) 1 Quote Link to comment
arizonajones Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 It looks like you might have some options at Pick n Pull. http://www.picknpull.com/check_inventory.aspx?Address=98501&Lat=46.977018&Lng=-122.858419&Make=Nissan&Model=Pickup&Distance=50 1 Quote Link to comment
280zex Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I have what you need, send me a pm 2 Quote Link to comment
720inOlyWa Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Well, I did what you all said... only I raised the stakes a little bit. I bought a donor truck. It has a good passenger seat- at least the internals are good- and the driver’s side will have some harvestable spring components as well. So I am good for parts, thanks. I think I started this thread with a little bit of panic, thinking I would never find a good seat bun. Then I tore all the way into my seat and discovered how interchangeable everything is and my fears abated quite a bit. These seats are actually so simple and straightforward that I am going to seize this opportunity to harvest enough parts to rebuild the drivers seat in both of my rigs. I may even experiment with adding a third side spring to the outside rail of the drivers seat, just to see it that helps it hold up a little better. 1 Quote Link to comment
kb25t17 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I have a pair of 1980 720 bucket seats in Seattle. The upholstery and foam no good but the springs and seat frame are all intact. Local pickup only, they are free! Come and get them ASAP as I don't have space to store them. For some reason the maker of the Datsun seats did not tie the seat springs together with cross wires. That is something simple you can do to increase the support. You will need strong wire, the auto upholstery shops do it with "rim wire". You will also need clips and pliers to tie the springs to the wire. Here is a video showing this type of wire being done on the no sag springs in a furniture business. Obviously it will need to be done a bit differently for a car seat but it gives you an idea of how structurally those springs should have been secured to each other to prevent the no sag springs from spreading apart when you sit in the seat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DQaLZyiPRM 2 Quote Link to comment
720inOlyWa Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I have a pair of 1980 720 bucket seats in Seattle. The upholstery and foam no good but the springs and seat frame are all intact. Local pickup only, they are free! Come and get them ASAP as I don't have space to store them. For some reason the maker of the Datsun seats did not tie the seat springs together with cross wires. That is something simple you can do to increase the support. You will need strong wire, the auto upholstery shops do it with "rim wire". You will also need clips and pliers to tie the springs to the wire. Here is a video showing this type of wire being done on the no sag springs in a furniture business. Obviously it will need to be done a bit differently for a car seat but it gives you an idea of how structurally those springs should have been secured to each other to prevent the no sag springs from spreading apart when you sit in the seat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DQaLZyiPRM Oh, that is a cool idea! Too late for this seat, but definitely going to do that on the next one. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment
kb25t17 Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Oh, that is a cool idea! Too late for this seat, but definitely going to do that on the next one. Thanks! Nice meeting you today when you came to get my free seats in Seattle. Glad you liked the rust free springs and extra trim pieces that were still intact on the seats. Quote Link to comment
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