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Author Topic: My new seat (some assembly required)  (Read 22155 times)

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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #25 on: March 31, 2010, 01:26:31 PM »
If anyone wants seat tracks with a height adjustment, I have one I don't need. But I will need a set of the normal ones in return. 
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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #26 on: March 28, 2013, 07:03:02 PM »
Three years later and still no movement in the replacement seat.   :thumbs:
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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #27 on: July 21, 2015, 05:52:14 PM »
What is the difference between the two seats? I couldn't discern any from the pictures.

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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2015, 07:44:23 AM »
They looked the same although they did have different part numbers and the engineer at the plant said there had been a change made to the design. By looking at the seat you couldn't tell.
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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #29 on: April 27, 2019, 07:50:49 AM »
Probably a lot
There are still a significant amount of cars with a faulty ignition and/or bad airbag sensor on the passenger seat.

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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #30 on: April 27, 2019, 11:19:34 AM »
That means over 85% of all Kappa's drive around with the original "faulty?" design.

Makes me wonder why I do not read more about people having this issue.

Maybe because the fault turned out to be a loose nut in Bob's case and the rest of the cars were tightened properly.
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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #31 on: April 27, 2019, 12:26:27 PM »
Maybe because the fault turned out to be a loose nut in Bob's case and the rest of the cars were tightened properly.
The change date was told to me by one of the engineers in Wilmington, the one that helped me fix this. The change might have been as simple as adding a little blue Loctite to the bolt or a different torque.
Still no more issues after all this time.
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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #32 on: April 27, 2019, 12:27:40 PM »
That loose nut was behind the steering wheel in the driver's seat :)
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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #33 on: April 27, 2019, 12:42:01 PM »
 :D  Hi John, how have you been, retirement treating you well? Thinking of going myself before long although I don't know what I'd do with myself.
Heading to annual in Corning this year?
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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #34 on: April 27, 2019, 12:47:41 PM »
Very well except for the bump last summer.  But that was years of body wear so can't blame that on retirement.  At the moment I am booked, still hope to make it.
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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #35 on: April 27, 2019, 03:06:25 PM »
That loose nut was behind the steering wheel in the driver's seat :)

I was thinking the same thing but Bob is too nice to pick on.
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Re: My new seat (some assembly required)
« Reply #36 on: April 27, 2019, 06:50:48 PM »
I was thinking the same thing but Bob is too nice to pick on.
Thanks! I think...   :cheers:
Just trying to do my part...

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