Member Since: 13 Mar 2013
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 16
Advice on removing front seats
How do you remove the front passenger seat? I need to get access to retrieve a mobile phone that has slid under the box of seat electronics and in to an inaccessible void. Not my phone, belongs to teenage pal of my son and he's whining louder than a faulty EPB.
1st May 2015 8:02 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6403
the whole seat is held by 4 size 40 torx screws if remember correctly
just remove plastic trims around seat corners remove screws and seat is free to move
word of caution it is good to release electrical connector under the seat prior to moving it to be on the safe side
screws HB2 need to come out as per picture
greg
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1st May 2015 8:06 pm
DuLalli
Member Since: 13 Mar 2013
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 16
Cheers Greg. Will give it a go in the morning.
1st May 2015 8:16 pm
disco5
Member Since: 23 Dec 2012
Location: birmingham
Posts: 1088
IS there not 5 bolts .. 4 as you say and 1 more holding bracket 60328 secure ??
I could be wrong , await answer
1st May 2015 9:28 pm
DuLalli
Member Since: 13 Mar 2013
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 16
Got some help from my local LR independent on this one. We only took out the four bolts. 60328 may well be retained by a bolt but I think it sits independently of the main seat assembly. Sorry I can't be more precise but I put it all back together before I saw this post.
2nd May 2015 12:24 pm
DuLalli
Member Since: 13 Mar 2013
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 16
Well the iPhone has been recovered. Turns out the inaccessible void was the heater vent! So the seat was unbolted and tilted backwards. We made an incision through the carpet to reveal the vent pipe and then opened up the pipe with the blade to reveal the phone. Once removed, a few strips of duct tape to stick the vent back down and a piece on the reverse of the carpet to hold that together. The cut on the carpet is hidden by the seat. Not ideal solution, but the alternative is to remove the carpet and then remove the vent, which is a lot of work and time and inclination were against me.
2nd May 2015 12:40 pm
Robbie
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Would a flexible grabber not have retrieved it?Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
Member Since: 13 Mar 2013
Location: Hampshire
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Spent best part of an hour on the flexi grab but the vent curves downwards and then kicks horizontal. There's only about 15mm clearance, so whilst you can initially grab the phone, once you start easing it round the curve the clearance diminishes and you can no longer pull it through and you lose purchase. There was not enough room to get long nose pliers in either. It was a real pain in the bottom job. It was pure bad luck the phone ended up down there. I guess if you are concerned about it happening in your vehicle you could cover the vent with some pliable mesh? But the chances of anything ending up down there are pretty remote but not impossible.
2nd May 2015 10:51 pm
Pedros
Member Since: 25 Jun 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 454
Oh no! Nightmare. Pleased you got it back for the lad though. Looking on the bright side, you're half a crunchy snack and a nice looking twig better off!
3rd May 2015 4:41 pm
DuLalli
Member Since: 13 Mar 2013
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 16
Thanks Pedros I was waiting for someone to point out the shabby upkeep! In my defence we are just back from Europe and I've not had the chance to to get the vac on the old girl.
3rd May 2015 5:44 pm
Fitzy73
Member Since: 09 Feb 2014
Location: Truro
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I would have told him the Discovery has a self cleaning floor and it has been ejected out onto the road somewhere! Andy
3rd May 2015 5:50 pm
DuLalli
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Location: Hampshire
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I did crack a similar yarn and chuckled inwardly for a few a minutes at the stunned silence coming from the middle row...
3rd May 2015 6:57 pm
Fitzy73
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Location: Truro
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good for you and good effort at retrieving it!Andy
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Not my phone, belongs to teenage pal of my son and he's whining louder than a faulty EPB.
