How to strip rear seats

[Jeff Turbo]

Fold the rear seats down

Undo the 2 centre bolts and pull the seats out from the centre

Lever out the centre clip from the centre bracket

Note! Still got the original seat cover plastic on

Starting with the larger seat. Undo and remove each side rod noting which way they go

[Jeff Turbo]

Turn over and remove the 2 bolts holding the clip

Pull down the top of the cover till it clears the pertuding clips


Slide a screwdriver from the top of the side till the bottom. Do this both sides

Then the bottom

Turn over, open the armrest, pull back the cover and undo the 2 screws

[Jeff Turbo]

Note for reference the 2 pertruding rods and 4 slotted holes


Push down each side of the opening and pull back from the retainers


Pull back the cover to the centre rods/staples. Undo the staples, remove and retain


Remove the rod and retain

[Jeff Turbo]

Bend back the bottom of the foam

Remove the staples, rod and retain. Note the rods are a different size so don't mix them


The cover will now be free. To put back is the reversal. Inserting the rod and squashing the staples back etc

[Jeff Turbo]

The smaller side cover removal is the same To remove the rear part up to bending back the foam

Remove the staples and rod and retain

Again to put back is the reverse. While the seats are stripped you may want to re-paint the metal surround

[Russ]

Your a braver man than I am Jeff, useful guide though

[Jeff Turbo]

Your a braver man than I am Jeff, useful guide though

It's quite easy Russ to be honest.
I've have the whole of interior in bits now, seats, carpet, headlining, sunroof, dash etc and none of it is difficult.

[Guest]

It's quite easy Russ to be honest.
I've have the whole of interior in bits now, seats, carpet, headlining, sunroof, dash etc and none of it is difficult.

A guide like this for the headlining would be great

[Jeff Turbo]

A guide like this for the headlining would be great

Got a feeling that this has done this before but i'm not sure. You may have to search for it.
I have explained via pms or other etc how to do this many times but without piccys to a lot of Montego/Maestro owners.
If anyone want this, please post up etc as I have a few to do soon and will do something for the site etc but i'm sure this has been covered many times before somewhere.