Back seat

A little out of order but this was completed on the Saturday, the day of my Tendon injury....  

So at last I had a go at the back seat.  This required a red safety bar to be installed under the van.  To do this I had to remove the spare wheel and assembly.  It was easy to mark out the position of the bar.  I cut wood to size and wedged them in place to hold the bar up.  I marked out the four bolt holes and then got ready to drill.  Oh no. I don't have a big enough drill bit.  I needed a 10 mm.  That meant halting until midweek.  Georgina picked a bit up from Leeds during the week.  On the Wednesday in the pouring rain, I drilled out the holes and bolted in the red bar.  Once tight I was then able to drill upwards through the two holes in the bar, straight through the floor.  Two holes where made.  The rain was heavy and it was dark. I had a inspection light on and this helped position the seat frame over the holes in the van.  It looked snug, but the bolts went through.  Georgina was like, "It's not straight."  I was sad about that, but it was too late to do more now.  A weekend job it would be.

On Saturday morning I straightened out the seat (had a bit of play), marked out the remaining 5 holes from the top and drilled them out.  My drill bit went blunt by the 4th hole and G had to pick up another drill bit.  The nuts and usher plates were a nightmare to fit.  Took me hours to fit it.  I needed help from within the van to tighten the nuts and bolts up whilst I lay underneath in the dirt.  It took about 5 hours.

Eventually it was all on and fitted!!  Nat and Anna arrived just as I finished.  They seemed to like the seat.  Seems a bit funny because at 5'6 I cannot touch the floor with my feet.  I also think a tall person could not travel in the back!  But for us, it is perfect.  How exciting.  We now just need the units and the appliances.