[fun in dirt]

It's been together several months now & so nice just to be enjoying it and not thrashing working on it! Have about 800 miles on the motor now - it's pretty thirsty but runs good!

We had several really nice days earlier this week so decided to go ahead & recover the seat. I've had the dark saddle cover for over a year but know how hard it is to work vinyl when it's not warm and in the the sun (previously had a homemade blanket cover on it). While doing this I had to fix a few broken spring pieces, replace the slide adjuster with cable & turnbuckle, & made it where the back of the seat would flip forward.
Tips for reupholstering a seat (some I discovered & others I learned reading on this forum):
- Use a steamer to re-fluff your old, out-of-shaped foam if in descent condition.
- A soldering iron is great for making neat holes in material for bolts to pass through.
- Heavy landscape fabric works great between foam & springs in place of original burlap type material.
- Use upholstery hog rings with points on end to easily poke through material, not big, blunt fence hog rings.
- Work it in the sun & patiently,take your time.