[This question concerns the optional rear-facing kids seat I'm installing in a 1998 V70. I understand that the same seat design was used for several years so this thread should be relevant for V70 up to about 2001 or 2002.]

Hi, all:

A few months back, I bought a rear-facing third seat for my V70 on EBay. I had hoped that I would receive something approaching 100% of the pieces that make up the seat. Unfortunately, this was not the case.

It turns out that the seat consists of nearly a hundred parts, large and small -- only a few of which look like obvious seat parts. There are dozens of small parts -- clips, brackets, screws, etc. -- many of which look like they might have just been part of the car. Whoever removed the seat for sale simply left many of these parts in the original vehicle and sent me only the big pieces.

So after some research (and with help of J. Hagen, who kindly provided a copy of the installation guide), I've compiled a detailed list of all of the missing parts. In the list below, each part is linked to an illustration that gives some idea what it looks like.

Now I don't have any hope of getting the original seller to come up with the missing parts. Instead, what I'm hoping is that some of you who have this seat might be able and willing to provide more detailed descriptions, measurements, and/or photos of the various parts. The drawings from the installation guide are hand-drawn and not to scale in most cases. If I had accurate descriptions and measurements to work with, I should be able to purchase or fabricate reasonable substitutes.

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. If I'm successful in getting the seat installed, I will gladly combine all of the info I get into a seat installation "how-to" with photos if anyone would like it.

Best regards,
Elissa Miller


The table below may be mangled due to the limited formatting options available. To view a correctly formatted version of this table with links to details and illustrations please go to:

http://rwmm415.dnsalias.com:8034/shared/volvoseat/seat-parts.htm

Part        Quan'ty	Step	Detail #

Finger hooks	4	4	1

Clamp/brckts	2	4	3

Covers		2	5	4

Covers		2	7	3

Oilcloth (1)	1	8	1

Mnt’g bracket	1	20	2

Mnt’g screws	2	20	3

Bag		1	22	

Footrest	1	23	

Brackets	2	26	2

Carpets (2)	2	28	

Springs		2	29	1

Screws		2x2	29	

Spacers		2x2	29	2

Lock guide	1	31	

Template (3)	1	25