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Originally Posted by parkerb
hi all, my '00 cargo's driver's seat is worn. when i ask the parts guy at ford about a replacement he makes it sound like it's impossible due to safety concerns. i can only replace the fabric or foam/ insert- not an entire chair.
what is everyone else doing? i don't see driver's chairs on ebay often. can i swap in the passenger seat and delete the arm rest?
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Assuming you have fabric, non-power seats removing them and installing new ones is very easy. Those seats are single-piece units fastened to the tracks with 4 downward-facing bolts (NOT the 4 larger bolts that fasten the seat base to the van's floor). Just remove the nuts, pull seat out (without the base they weigh very little), drop new seat in, screw nuts back on.
You can of course use the passenger seat as a replacement or you could go to a boneyard and pick a driver's seat in good condition there for cheap, maybe $20-$25. That way you get to keep the armrest.