Well, the more I do, the easier it gets.
I was getting ready to mount the front seats and “woah!!!” The ski locker hatch won’t come out!!
The seats are 1” off the floor ( Factory height).
The only way it could have been removed would be to slide forward. The rear seat base is too close to go back and rise to get over the front edge of the cushion.
The problem is that the hatch is 3/4” slats with 3/4” cross bracing. It wouldn’t lift high enough to clear the hatch opening frame ring.
I don’t see how this would have ever worked from the factory unless the seats were mounted higher.
Caprice asked if I could cut the hatch into thirds and put piano hinges at the joints.
It was a sound idea and I broke out the chop saw and sectioned it.
Works like a charm!!!
Lift the rear portion up and slide back, lift again and it slides all the way out!!!
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Well, the more I do, the easier it gets.
I was getting ready to mount the front seats and “woah!!!” The ski locker hatch won’t come out!!
The seats are 1” off the floor ( Factory height).
The only way it could have been removed would be to slide forward. The rear seat base is too close to go back and rise to get over the front edge of the cushion.
The problem is that the hatch is 3/4” slats with 3/4” cross bracing. It wouldn’t lift high enough to clear the hatch opening frame ring.
I don’t see how this would have ever worked from the factory unless the seats were mounted higher.
Caprice asked if I could cut the hatch into thirds and put piano hinges at the joints.
It was a sound idea and I broke out the chop saw and sectioned it.
Works like a charm!!!
Lift the rear portion up and slide back, lift again and it slides all the way out!!!
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