I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.

Just a quick question:
As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat supposed
to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward. Hell
- maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.

Any tips are appreciated.

Thanks,
Howie

 

har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't get
it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and push up
on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going to try
and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.

Paul

"HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
> Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
>
> Just a quick question:
> As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat supposed
> to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
> forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
> something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward. Hell
> - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
>
> Any tips are appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Howie
>

 

har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't get
it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and push up
on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going to try
and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.

Paul

"HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
> Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
>
> Just a quick question:
> As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat supposed
> to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
> forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
> something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward. Hell
> - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
>
> Any tips are appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Howie
>

 

har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't get
it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and push up
on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going to try
and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.

Paul

"HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
> Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
>
> Just a quick question:
> As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat supposed
> to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
> forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
> something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward. Hell
> - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
>
> Any tips are appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Howie
>

 

The quality of the pull mechanism is laughable - there is a wire which goes
into a cheap plastic box and engages into a slider inside. From the other
end of the slider there are two wires coming out. The problem is that the
wires engage into the slider by a push fit, and wear causes them to pop out.
I cut the a hatch into the plastic box , made a slider out of a bit of scrap
metal properly crimping it onto all 3 wires, and closed and braced the
plastic box with ties and a bit of sheet metal. It has lasted 3 years so
far, which is longer than the original did.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message news:iZqdnUyNSIrP3tXfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
> har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't get
> it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and push
up
> on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
> either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going to
try
> and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.
>
> Paul
>
> "HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> > I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
> > Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
> >
> > Just a quick question:
> > As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat supposed
> > to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
> > forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
> > something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward. Hell
> > - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
> >
> > Any tips are appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Howie
> >
>
>

 

The quality of the pull mechanism is laughable - there is a wire which goes
into a cheap plastic box and engages into a slider inside. From the other
end of the slider there are two wires coming out. The problem is that the
wires engage into the slider by a push fit, and wear causes them to pop out.
I cut the a hatch into the plastic box , made a slider out of a bit of scrap
metal properly crimping it onto all 3 wires, and closed and braced the
plastic box with ties and a bit of sheet metal. It has lasted 3 years so
far, which is longer than the original did.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message news:iZqdnUyNSIrP3tXfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
> har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't get
> it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and push
up
> on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
> either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going to
try
> and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.
>
> Paul
>
> "HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> > I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
> > Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
> >
> > Just a quick question:
> > As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat supposed
> > to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
> > forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
> > something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward. Hell
> > - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
> >
> > Any tips are appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Howie
> >
>
>

 

The quality of the pull mechanism is laughable - there is a wire which goes
into a cheap plastic box and engages into a slider inside. From the other
end of the slider there are two wires coming out. The problem is that the
wires engage into the slider by a push fit, and wear causes them to pop out.
I cut the a hatch into the plastic box , made a slider out of a bit of scrap
metal properly crimping it onto all 3 wires, and closed and braced the
plastic box with ties and a bit of sheet metal. It has lasted 3 years so
far, which is longer than the original did.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message news:iZqdnUyNSIrP3tXfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
> har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't get
> it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and push
up
> on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
> either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going to
try
> and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.
>
> Paul
>
> "HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> > I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
> > Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
> >
> > Just a quick question:
> > As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat supposed
> > to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
> > forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
> > something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward. Hell
> > - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
> >
> > Any tips are appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Howie
> >
>
>

 

Hey Dave - thanks a bunch for the info and idea - sounds good - I'll let you
know how my try goes ;) Thanks, again,
Paul

"Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
news:FZ_1e.7391$Ab.3584@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
> The quality of the pull mechanism is laughable - there is a wire which
> goes
> into a cheap plastic box and engages into a slider inside. From the other
> end of the slider there are two wires coming out. The problem is that the
> wires engage into the slider by a push fit, and wear causes them to pop
> out.
> I cut the a hatch into the plastic box , made a slider out of a bit of
> scrap
> metal properly crimping it onto all 3 wires, and closed and braced the
> plastic box with ties and a bit of sheet metal. It has lasted 3 years so
> far, which is longer than the original did.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
>
> "Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message
> news:iZqdnUyNSIrP3tXfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
>> har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't
>> get
>> it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and push
> up
>> on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
>> either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going to
> try
>> and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> "HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>> > I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
>> > Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
>> >
>> > Just a quick question:
>> > As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat supposed
>> > to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
>> > forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
>> > something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward. Hell
>> > - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
>> >
>> > Any tips are appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Howie
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

 

Hey Dave - thanks a bunch for the info and idea - sounds good - I'll let you
know how my try goes ;) Thanks, again,
Paul

"Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
news:FZ_1e.7391$Ab.3584@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
> The quality of the pull mechanism is laughable - there is a wire which
> goes
> into a cheap plastic box and engages into a slider inside. From the other
> end of the slider there are two wires coming out. The problem is that the
> wires engage into the slider by a push fit, and wear causes them to pop
> out.
> I cut the a hatch into the plastic box , made a slider out of a bit of
> scrap
> metal properly crimping it onto all 3 wires, and closed and braced the
> plastic box with ties and a bit of sheet metal. It has lasted 3 years so
> far, which is longer than the original did.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
>
> "Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message
> news:iZqdnUyNSIrP3tXfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
>> har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't
>> get
>> it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and push
> up
>> on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
>> either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going to
> try
>> and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> "HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>> > I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
>> > Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
>> >
>> > Just a quick question:
>> > As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat supposed
>> > to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
>> > forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
>> > something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward. Hell
>> > - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
>> >
>> > Any tips are appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Howie
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

 

Hey Dave - thanks a bunch for the info and idea - sounds good - I'll let you
know how my try goes ;) Thanks, again,
Paul

"Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
news:FZ_1e.7391$Ab.3584@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
> The quality of the pull mechanism is laughable - there is a wire which
> goes
> into a cheap plastic box and engages into a slider inside. From the other
> end of the slider there are two wires coming out. The problem is that the
> wires engage into the slider by a push fit, and wear causes them to pop
> out.
> I cut the a hatch into the plastic box , made a slider out of a bit of
> scrap
> metal properly crimping it onto all 3 wires, and closed and braced the
> plastic box with ties and a bit of sheet metal. It has lasted 3 years so
> far, which is longer than the original did.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
>
> "Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message
> news:iZqdnUyNSIrP3tXfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
>> har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't
>> get
>> it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and push
> up
>> on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
>> either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going to
> try
>> and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> "HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>> > I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
>> > Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
>> >
>> > Just a quick question:
>> > As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat supposed
>> > to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
>> > forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
>> > something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward. Hell
>> > - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
>> >
>> > Any tips are appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Howie
>> >
>>
>>
>
>