How do you get water out of the Seats
Put my 02 TJ in deep water xmas ( made it across the river just fine,
but coming back I found the deep spot ). Anyway... Changed oil in tranny, transfer , motor and axles, bearings, and cleaned all the sand/grit from brakes , joints etc.. etc.. everything is working like new except .... I took the seats apart ( Very happy with the way the seats dismantle all way down to the foam cushions ) but I can not get the water out of the foam. I thought it would be a pretty simple thing, mash out as much water as possible and then a day or so hanging and the foam would drain/dry. The bottom of the rear bench seat was completely water logged and nothing I tried squeezed enough water out of it to make a difference and after 3 days hanging in a heated room with a fan on it, it does not appear to have lost a single ounce of water. They should make mops out of whatever these seats are made of, I can not get the water out of even the small front foam cushion. I have mashed, squeezed and heated these things for 3 days and they still have as much water in them now as they did 3 days ago... Any ideas ? Thanks Farrell Christeson |
Re: How do you get water out of the Seats
well my TJ was in the water also up to the bottom of the seats .... i did not
take off my seat covers...i just took a few towels & pressed it on the seats for quiet a few days but had the heater running on high for a long time also. the heat must be on high & the vents pointing towards the seats. when i was not driving ...i closed all the windows & still kept the heater running on high. once it dryes still put dry towels on the seats when you drive. I didn't worry about my seats when they felt dry already i just vacumed it very well & its been fine since. |
Re: How do you get water out of the Seats
well my TJ was in the water also up to the bottom of the seats .... i did not
take off my seat covers...i just took a few towels & pressed it on the seats for quiet a few days but had the heater running on high for a long time also. the heat must be on high & the vents pointing towards the seats. when i was not driving ...i closed all the windows & still kept the heater running on high. once it dryes still put dry towels on the seats when you drive. I didn't worry about my seats when they felt dry already i just vacumed it very well & its been fine since. |
Re: How do you get water out of the Seats
well my TJ was in the water also up to the bottom of the seats .... i did not
take off my seat covers...i just took a few towels & pressed it on the seats for quiet a few days but had the heater running on high for a long time also. the heat must be on high & the vents pointing towards the seats. when i was not driving ...i closed all the windows & still kept the heater running on high. once it dryes still put dry towels on the seats when you drive. I didn't worry about my seats when they felt dry already i just vacumed it very well & its been fine since. |
Re: How do you get water out of the Seats
The problem here is that the seats are something Jeep called " UltraHide
". They are some type of synthetic leather or something and they are pretty much watertight ( on the top anyway ). There are no problems with wet butts when setting in the seats the problem is odor and rust. I have not pulled the drivers seat apart yet and already , after a few days of doing pretty much just as you suggested, the river water stew cooking away under the water tight ultrahide cover is starting to have an odor. I guess before I do any more deep water river crossing I may want to think about just getting different seats . Any suggestions ? Farrell Christeson "IGotADisneyJeep" <igotadisneyjeep@aol.com> wrote in message news:20040102113320.22060.00001165@mb-m19.aol.com... > well my TJ was in the water also up to the bottom of the seats .... i did not > take off my seat covers...i just took a few towels & pressed it on the seats > for quiet a few days but had the heater running on high for a long time also. > the heat must be on high & the vents pointing towards the seats. when i was not > driving ...i closed all the windows & still kept the heater running on high. > once it dryes still put dry towels on the seats when you drive. I didn't worry > about my seats when they felt dry already i just vacumed it very well & its > been fine since. |
Re: How do you get water out of the Seats
The problem here is that the seats are something Jeep called " UltraHide
". They are some type of synthetic leather or something and they are pretty much watertight ( on the top anyway ). There are no problems with wet butts when setting in the seats the problem is odor and rust. I have not pulled the drivers seat apart yet and already , after a few days of doing pretty much just as you suggested, the river water stew cooking away under the water tight ultrahide cover is starting to have an odor. I guess before I do any more deep water river crossing I may want to think about just getting different seats . Any suggestions ? Farrell Christeson "IGotADisneyJeep" <igotadisneyjeep@aol.com> wrote in message news:20040102113320.22060.00001165@mb-m19.aol.com... > well my TJ was in the water also up to the bottom of the seats .... i did not > take off my seat covers...i just took a few towels & pressed it on the seats > for quiet a few days but had the heater running on high for a long time also. > the heat must be on high & the vents pointing towards the seats. when i was not > driving ...i closed all the windows & still kept the heater running on high. > once it dryes still put dry towels on the seats when you drive. I didn't worry > about my seats when they felt dry already i just vacumed it very well & its > been fine since. |
Re: How do you get water out of the Seats
The problem here is that the seats are something Jeep called " UltraHide
". They are some type of synthetic leather or something and they are pretty much watertight ( on the top anyway ). There are no problems with wet butts when setting in the seats the problem is odor and rust. I have not pulled the drivers seat apart yet and already , after a few days of doing pretty much just as you suggested, the river water stew cooking away under the water tight ultrahide cover is starting to have an odor. I guess before I do any more deep water river crossing I may want to think about just getting different seats . Any suggestions ? Farrell Christeson "IGotADisneyJeep" <igotadisneyjeep@aol.com> wrote in message news:20040102113320.22060.00001165@mb-m19.aol.com... > well my TJ was in the water also up to the bottom of the seats .... i did not > take off my seat covers...i just took a few towels & pressed it on the seats > for quiet a few days but had the heater running on high for a long time also. > the heat must be on high & the vents pointing towards the seats. when i was not > driving ...i closed all the windows & still kept the heater running on high. > once it dryes still put dry towels on the seats when you drive. I didn't worry > about my seats when they felt dry already i just vacumed it very well & its > been fine since. |
Re: How do you get water out of the Seats
On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 11:25:42 -0600, Farrell Christeson wrote:
> The problem here is that the seats are something Jeep called " > UltraHide > ". They are some type of synthetic leather or something and they are > pretty much watertight ( on the top anyway ). There are no problems with > wet butts when setting in the seats the problem is odor and rust. I have > not pulled the drivers seat apart yet and already , after a few days of > doing pretty much just as you suggested, the river water stew cooking away > under the water tight ultrahide cover is starting to have an odor. I guess > before I do any more deep water river crossing I may want to think about > just getting different seats . Any suggestions ? > > Farrell Christeson "river water stew" -- EEEW! Sounds pretty bad. I agree with your conclusion that water-tight seat covers are a bad idea if you take your jeep swimming with you... PLM -- [ ] __OIIIIO__ |||=oo=||| ||| ||| |
Re: How do you get water out of the Seats
On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 11:25:42 -0600, Farrell Christeson wrote:
> The problem here is that the seats are something Jeep called " > UltraHide > ". They are some type of synthetic leather or something and they are > pretty much watertight ( on the top anyway ). There are no problems with > wet butts when setting in the seats the problem is odor and rust. I have > not pulled the drivers seat apart yet and already , after a few days of > doing pretty much just as you suggested, the river water stew cooking away > under the water tight ultrahide cover is starting to have an odor. I guess > before I do any more deep water river crossing I may want to think about > just getting different seats . Any suggestions ? > > Farrell Christeson "river water stew" -- EEEW! Sounds pretty bad. I agree with your conclusion that water-tight seat covers are a bad idea if you take your jeep swimming with you... PLM -- [ ] __OIIIIO__ |||=oo=||| ||| ||| |
Re: How do you get water out of the Seats
On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 11:25:42 -0600, Farrell Christeson wrote:
> The problem here is that the seats are something Jeep called " > UltraHide > ". They are some type of synthetic leather or something and they are > pretty much watertight ( on the top anyway ). There are no problems with > wet butts when setting in the seats the problem is odor and rust. I have > not pulled the drivers seat apart yet and already , after a few days of > doing pretty much just as you suggested, the river water stew cooking away > under the water tight ultrahide cover is starting to have an odor. I guess > before I do any more deep water river crossing I may want to think about > just getting different seats . Any suggestions ? > > Farrell Christeson "river water stew" -- EEEW! Sounds pretty bad. I agree with your conclusion that water-tight seat covers are a bad idea if you take your jeep swimming with you... PLM -- [ ] __OIIIIO__ |||=oo=||| ||| ||| |
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