[landarts]

A few weeks ago I started on tearing down the seat and seeing what was needed to get it back looking good and matching up with the Saddle items in the truck. Tore it down and tossed the old seat cover in the trash. Removed the foam top and bottom which were in great shape and cleaned them with the shop vac and used a high-pressure air nozzle to get it clean. Made a few foam repairs on the driver's edge and trimmed it up with a turkey electric knife to match the contour. Stripped the frame down the best I could with a brass wire wheel on an angle grinder. Primmed and painted the frame with some satin black.

Had a few spots on the driver's side where someone made a repair to the springs where one was broken. I removed the broken spring and pulled one from a scrap seat I have and replace it. There was also another spring that was broken about half an inch from where it attaches to the slot in the frame, just cut that off and bent it, and welded it back to the frame slot. I also added a few thin metal bar stock pieces weaved in and out of the top springs to help distribute the weight. Finished up by wrapping everything in cotton batting.

Started putting the cover on the bottom and did a few tacks with the hog rings and noticed that the end corners were not as full as I would like. So I cut off a few hog rings and ordered up some additional foam to fill the corners. Once that gets here I can wrap up the seat and get it back into the truck. Need to address getting the seat belts cleaned up and on plastic buckle replaced or paint another black one I have to match the other Saddle ones.