Seat mountings for SVA

[Robin427]

I've mounted the seats thusly...

M8 bolt goes through the runner. Between the runner and the car floor there is a spacer and then a 30mm washer. The car floor is ~1 inch of plywood, sandwiched with GRP. Underneath, I have some 60x60x4mm steel plates, another 30mm washer and a Nyloc nut, through which you can see several threads.

Is this sufficient? The SVA manual seems to talk about 100x100mm spreader plates, or is this just for when the seat is mounted to a thin steel panel?

[Purple AK]

My seat mounting bolts went through OK with only 30mm washers between the Nyloc and the floor ( Glass Skin and Thin Steel Panel)

[Grease Monkey]

My SVA bloke (miserable git i got first) looked at mine and said 'they'll fail, not big enough'

I then explained that there was 1" of plywood and he grudgingly passed it (on that point anyway)

[RichardG]

Relax Robin mine are like GM's and they didn't fail.

[Purple AK]

AND........................ Well did it PASS Richard?.............................?????????????

[RichardG]

Wotcha Chris, no it didn't flippin pass! Failed on a couple of minor things

Blasted steering wheel not radiused enough (now fixed)
Handbrake didn't have enough preload (fixed at the test centre)
Oh and I'd forgot to calibrate the speedo...

What it did however fail on was visible smoke (although on measured emissions it was okay). This had me bleedin' worried for a day or so. I'd thought it was a ring or guide problem (both having been replaced when I rebuilt the lump) but I was wrong.

So out of the heavens came the solution (long story but due to user error I was running a total loss lubrication system supplied by ATF! Luckily fixed in 60 seconds) and hey presto I have a nice clean running engine

So just need a clear couple of days to organise a retest and we'll be on our way Just intime for winter!

Got to drive her on the road for a while on the way back from the SVA and she's a really nice and relaxed tourer, v. cool!