57 Nomad Project - Page 17 - Lateral-g Forums

**kwhizz** · #1 09-10-2018, 06:49 PM

So...….The story continues...… The seat was at three different upholstery shops over the last 2 1/2 years trying to get a decent job..... Now.....This is a Glide Engineering seat ordered for a 57 Chevrolet...….The upholstery shops (all except the last one, had a issue with the stupid way that Glide designed the pivot arms for the seat backs...….They are about 4" in from the seat sides...….Normal seats the swing arms are outside the cushion (common sense)…….So.. After throwing away two sets of covers that were terrible... I went back to Dave who did the 37 Ford....So... Dave did a great job on the seat except I would have preferred a more rounded form on the top of the seat backs..... Picked it up today and wanted to get it installed right away as we are taking the Nomad on the Good-Guys Road Tour and she wanted a comfy seat in the car...… Well......I get the old seat out and get the new one in and after getting it bolted in I went to raise the seat backs and guess what...……..The seat back frames are 1" per side too wide ……..Great Job Glide.....Here we go again !!! All I want is to be a person that gets what he wanted and paid for that actually fits and works...… I guess that is asking too much...…….Glide Engineering Sucks !!!!!

**GregWeld** · #2 09-10-2018, 07:55 PM

Test fit EVERY part..... because nobody seems to be able to make stuff right anymore.

**kwhizz** · #3 09-13-2018, 03:50 PM

Here was the problem in the Chevelle !!….

**GregWeld** · #4 09-13-2018, 09:36 PM

Just so you know -- we could all be touring in brand new 488's or Bentleys for what we have in all this crap.... God only knows why we do this. But damn I love it anyway! LOL

Just thinking about the clicking ----

Check grounds from motor to chassis etc

Check voltage at starter motor for voltage drop

Check voltage at ignition vs battery

Bypass ignition and hot wire -- to see if she starts

Neutral safety switch contact (assuming there is still one in the car)

**kwhizz** · #5 09-14-2018, 05:42 AM

In reference to the Chevelle...…….There was a loose terminal on the Neutral safety switch...…… since corrections the car is back to it's old reliable self...… (probably shouldn't have said that) LOL...….

Ken

**kwhizz** · #6 09-14-2018, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Just so you know -- we could all be touring in brand new 488's or Bentleys for what we have in all this crap.... God only knows why we do this. But damn I love it anyway! LOL

Just thinking about the clicking ----

Check grounds from motor to chassis etc

Check voltage at starter motor for voltage drop

Check voltage at ignition vs battery

Bypass ignition and hot wire -- to see if she starts

Neutral safety switch contact (assuming there is still one in the car)

Yep !!!...……. Donnie at Frame-up checked everything as above and we thought everything was O.K...…… Till it happened again..... That's why we suspect the Ignition switch....

Ordered a GM switch and it will be replaced when we get back from the tour.... Hopefully it will make it on next years tour

dontlifttoshift · #7 09-14-2018, 07:32 AM

We checked all the basics, found a questionable connection at the negative on the battery and the car started 50 times after that over the course of two days without hesitation...........Ken called two days later and said it clicked again.

**clill** · #8 09-14-2018, 07:51 AM

Have you tried a different battery ?

**kwhizz** · #9 05-23-2019, 07:49 PM

Got the seat back from the Recovery Room (Tracey Weaver) and he did a awsum job..... He removed all the stock seat springs and rebuilt the cushions by installing a aluminum pan in the seat frame and built the cushions out of layered foam...… A little stiff but better than it was....

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**waynieZ** · #10 05-23-2019, 08:45 PM

It looks great Ken, and it Fits!! Now you'll enjoy, your "seat time".