I had that problem before, I used, I think 10-11mm socket and unscrewed seat cushion from the frame(it was kinda hard too) and then I could easily get to those bolts to take the rest of the seat out of the car.
This sounds like the plan, to me. Tomorrow we'll do that. Is it possible there are photographs of the hardware that holds the seat cushion on? I don't actually know where the screws are, and though I'm sure I can find them it never hurts to get directions.
when I got my 92, it had sat for several years, and the seats were frozen on the rails. I had to soak the rails in pb blaster, and beat the back of the rails with a hammer while holding the forward/back switch to get it to break free.
I guess it's good to know this can work, too, but wouldn't the PB Blaster just get all over everything?
I'll post some of the photos and a little backstory for the car to keep this more interesting...
I always thought Taurus SHOs were awesome and I encouraged my brother to buy one when he was 16 or 17. He got a pretty awesome deal (forget what it cost) on a very shiny and well-kept looking '93 in green. The previous owner seemed like a cool guy and he'd done some suspension mods like chassis braces and new springs and struts (Eibachs and Tokicos, I think).
My brother added a SHOShop Y-pipe and Borla catback to the equation, and busted the crap out of his transmission. While replacing that he added a Quaife differential and lightened flywheel/new clutch.
At this point, things started going downhill abruptly. The rear brakes seized on multiple occasions, the radiator system began to leak, the water pump also probably began leaking, and ultimately the crankshaft position sensor probably went, and the car just died one day and never came back.
He could wave a wad of cash in a mechanic's face and they'd tell him they just really didn't want to work on his car, so the car was garaged and replaced as a DD by a 2005 Focus. That was seven or eight years ago, and the car hasn't moved under its own power since.
We've taken a look at the engine and concluded that it's pretty screwed, so that'll need replacement, but because of the cost we want to worry about that later on and focus on low-hanging fruit right now, like reconditioning headlights and wheels, and cleaning the interior.
Some rodents got into it at some point while the intake was apart (and we still haven't located the end-tank for the intake) and really did a number on it. Here are the photos of the crap jammed in there:
I recognize my photos so far have sucked and I apologize. I promise I do know how to take a picture correctly. I just blame the dark and my iPhone for everything.
As you can see, barely, there's acorns and crap jammed in there. That nonsense makes its way all the way into at least one cylinder, and also some of the valves are destroyed for some reason, which I wasn't able to photograph, but I can try that again tomorrow.
The interior is covered in some very fragile and thin surface mold that doesn't stick at all, and it crawls, but other than that it should be easy to remove and clean everything once the seats are out, and then we can just bag that stuff until it's ready to go back in the car.
I think we can pull it apart and get it cleaned, repaired, and repainted for not a horrific amount of money if we're clever.
