1942 Oliver 60 Standard - Seat Repair

The seat bottom on the tractor has seen better days. The vinyl looks great but the plywood base is rotting away to nothingness. Whenever the tractor is running, more "stuff" flows out from under the seat. And by the way, the steel seat frame and square steel plate aren't original to the tractor. This first photo pretty much says it all.

Ok, maybe this next photo says it all more than the previous one...... that's a little larvae of some sort that was in the pile of rotten wood. I just looked it up on Google Photo Search. "The image shows a white grub, which is the larval stage of a beetle. They live in the soil and feed on the roots of grasses and other plants." Hmm, live in the soil huh?

This next photo is a neat little pile of remains, sans larvae. The tractor must have sat outside uncovered for quite a while for the wood to rot away so much.

Whoever stapled the seat cover to the base didn't skimp on staples. There were upwards of 100 rusty things to dig out. I cut a piece of 1/2-inch plywood and slipped it into place on the foam, then re-stapled the cover back on. I think 40 or so staples should hold the vinyl to the seat bottom.

While the seat bottom was off the frame, I took the time to try and loosen up the adjusting rails. It took a small sledge hammer and copious amounts of penetrating oil to get the slides to start moving, but they finally did.

Ok, so it doesn't look too much different than when I started this project, but now I don't feel like the cushion is going to fall off and take me with it.