Can't Reach the Pedals

Remember in one of my previous posts that I couldn't reach the pedals.    Kind of a problem when you are trying to stop the car.  

I could not get the seat to move so, I went into the house and brought out different types of pillows.  Big ones, small ones, combination of pillows.   I tried a little bit a everything.    I just need a way for my back to be supported enough that I could reach the pedals.

All very experimental and at times really, really frustrating.  

I tried a small 10x10 pillow - It was not big enough or solid enough to keep me sitting forward.    Then I tried the 10x10 with a neck pillow.  The neck pillow kept sliding so, that didn't work either.

So - I tried the big green pillow, which used to be on my bed.   It's a 20x20 and did the trick.   Picture this, every time I got into the car I had to adjust the pillow just right so, that I could reach the pedals and not have an aching back by the time I got to where I was going.   If I followed Joe, he had to wait for me to get situated.  (He was very patient)  Half the time I was readjusted it at the next light.   Should I say trying to get it readjusted before the light turned green. 

BTW - The brakes are a little squishy and the steering wheel shakes.  That is a conversation for another post.  

I did this for awhile, with an aching back and standing on the break pedal to get it to stop.   I decided to start looking for a seat slider on the Internet.   There had to be something out there because the pillow is just ridiculous.     The Bearcat was at one of the shops, getting one of it's things repaired so, we couldn't measure the seat.  

When it got back - I had Joe take the seat out of the car so, I could scrape off some of the rust and mildew off the seat.    Do you know what I found.....A seat slider.   It must not have been used in years because it would not slide, no matter how much pounding we did.

Joe took it off the bottom and used some de-greaser.   We let it sit and did a bit more pounding and it finally started to move.   A little more de-greaser and more pounding, it finally came off.       We cleaned the heck out of it and sprayed it with a bunch of WD-40 (great stuff).    It will finally slide, with a lot of coaxing.   

When we put the seat back in the car, it will not slide with someone sitting on the seat.   I think it's just too far gone.  You have to adjust the seat outside of the car then climb in.     Climbing out is a little tougher and pretty funny to watch.

I can finally reach the pedals.   I put the green pillow behind the seat to keep the back up because it rocks back when you hit the gas.       (The joy of older cars).

I am still going to order a new seat slider.....