Paul H Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Next project is to replace my aging Vitesse seats with leather MGF seats and following an excellent TSSC forum article Just stripping off the seat belt clip assembly from the MGF seats which look like they have a pretensioner system - Is it ok just to throw away or should it be stripped down further . The barrel will easily unscrew . See pic Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 They are powerd by a cartridge, so when its gone bang its safe afterwards sorry dont know, maybe a goole search will give a safe method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted July 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Hi Pete - googled and found a video of the belt tensioner going off so secured in vice - connected the wires using extension and connected to a 12 volt battery outside the garage - BANG !!! the tensioner was forced out of the vice and flew across the room . at least its disarmed so ok to bin - Next one will be secured more firmly in the vice Second pretensioner discharged - stayed in the vice as better secured this time though on both occasions the plastic casing of the seat belt clip broke off and went across the room so stay outside Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Glad the Bang was sound advise Hmmmm!!!! Dont do this at home go somewhere else !!! do be carefull that remind me when Bq built a warehouse at the back of our emmission dept they used Hilti guns and we had nails flying all over the place nasty things made holes in our concertina doors one day we collected around 30 stray nails , bang....duck ..... everybody down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Hello Paul. I wrote the original article, to which you have pasted the link. Does your Vitesse have the receiver on flexi storks fitted - i.e. the unit that takes the actual seat belt clip / buckle ?? Unless I am mistaken, are you just disarming the original MGF seat pre-tensioners prior to throwing away ?? Regards. Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 my mgf were already stripped out and used the std belt reel and centre stalk fixings which worked well if you adapt to use the orig tilt runners you wont need this idea which enabled the back to tilt with a simple latch into a redundant belt fixing Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Hello Pete. I already had the inertia seat belts fitted with the flexi stork receiver, which as you say works well. In fact there is no room for the MGF seat seat belt assembly as the g/box tunnel is too close. Regards. Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 You can see some of my side trim was missing, not overly obvious but even with it removed the slides can chop the tunnel carpet if the runners are too low, i had to fit spacers I miss the old girl but needs must pete why dont tablets print wot U type esp the spacebar Grr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Hello Paul. I wrote the original article, to which you have pasted the link. Does your Vitesse have the receiver on flexi storks fitted - i.e. the unit that takes the actual seat belt clip / buckle ?? Unless I am mistaken, are you just disarming the original MGF seat pre-tensioners prior to throwing away ?? Regards. Hi Richard , I've already fitted inertia belts from the club and they have the wire stem so should fit ok. I has disarmed the belt clips and dumped them only to ve told off by my son who said they were worth money . I did enjoy the bang though Regards Paul Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 You have not lost a fortune Paul, getting £10 - £15 for the pair would be a decent result !! Regards. Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted August 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Job completed and MGF leather seats are in. A few tips to assist 2 metre length of 30mm x 5mm flat bar purchased from Ebay - £12.00 delivered M8 X 20mm dome heads were too long to fit so reduced by 18 thou ( Ebay or Toolstation) There is no need to grind the dome heads if you grind off the stop ( see Richard's original photos ) When fitting start at the rear as these are raised sections with a captive nut which have some movement - Do not tighten at this stage Fit the front bolts - I needed longer bolts as added 40mm ( penny washers ) on both sides + added sound deadening pads . You have some wiggle room if the bolts dont line up , tap the rear end of the frame with a hide mallet Tighten all 4 bolts My seats had a tag which showed the year at 2001 I bought the seats from Ebay and cost £175 - they are in fair to good condition , there is about 2 inches of stretched seam on the passenger seat which needs addressing at some time , its simply removing the outer cover and restitching - I might add heated seat pads at the same time Last but not least the sound deadening pads ive fitted are ace - Ive done it in sections - Boot and rear seating area and now with the seats out completed this area - Just the footwells and bulk head to go and already the noise levels are much lower so would recommend this approach - I used www.silentcoat.co.uk 2mm sound deadening pads - easy to use and trim . Dont purchase from their site as its cheaper of Ebay .Pretty sure the price is 50% cheaper than Dynamat Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 Hi Paul I've also fitted mgt seats using Richard's instructions and find them a great improvement. I'd be interested to know how you get on fitting the heater elements so please post an update at some point! Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Groves Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 I have MGF seats and have the heat pads ready to fit, this article might be useful: https://www.the-t-bar.com/21-david-aiketgate-s-guides/16625-heated-seats-how-to-fit-heat-pads?limitstart=0 Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Kemp Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 I've recently fitted MGF seats to my herald using the instructions from Richard/Adam and i have to say it all went according to plan. The one thing that I would like to do is find some mechanism to make the seat backs tilt/lock in order to let any rear seat passengers out more easily. Does anyone know where such a mechanism can be sourced . I've seen some on Ebay from a SAAB 900 but they look a bit complicated. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 I know Pete made a modification with his MGF seats. However, the MGF seat does have superb travel on its runners. Regards. Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomL Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 I modified my MGF seats to allow the backrest on the passenger's seat to tip forward. This was a fairly simple mod and I used a catch off a Jaguar XJC, which is obviously quite a rare car so not a recommendation as such but there must be loads of cars out there, probably from the 80s, with a similar simple catch arrangement. See photo. Don't fall into the trap of trying to tilt the entire seat forward (as the original seats do) as the headrest will come into contact with the windscreen/windscreen-frame long before it provides usable access to the rear. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 yes mine was a similar idea the latch used exiting seat belt tappings and gravity made it self latching Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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