Seat slides backward, seat adjustment Options

[Mike1981]

Hello

I just picked up a 1970 914
I was hoping for some advice please

I seems as if the clutch pedal must be depressed all the way to the floor to avoid grinding

However the seat is all the way back to the firewall

When I move the seat forward my legs can easily depress the pedal as well as the reach to the gearshifter is better.

The only problem I have is when pushing in on the clutch the seat detaches from its setting and slides all the way back

I took the seat out oiled the rails and it slides easily by hand

Once I put pressure on it, the seat will again snap out of it setting and slide back

Has anyone had this happen

Could anyone offer a solution?

Thanks

Mike

[barefoot]

The seat adjustment lever is spring loaded so it will secure the seat in the chosen position once you release the adjust lever. One of mine was broken ( a lever type spring) so I replaced it with a small coil spring I had laying around and it now latches OK.
Remove the seat and you will see where the lever spring is supposed to go.
You can probably find a spring that will work on McMaster Carr.

New add:
BTW, there is a catch on the opposite side of the rtrack that prevents the seat from bieng fully slid off the track. gotta shove a long flat blade screwdriver down that track to dis-engage this spring loaded catch to allow full seat removal.
An alternate is to unscrew the 4 bolts that hold the seat mechanism to the floor, then you can see everything from the undeerside.
Barefoot