Technical Damp on rear seats..

[MEvans2104]

Right without messing around with pictures..

The rear seats get a damp patch about 3/4s of the seat, right in the middle. Theres no leaks from the roof, so for that sort of leak from underneath for surface water on the road i cant imagine how big the hole is..

How do i remove the rear seats to get a look?

Also id like to know how much you think the cars worth because im contemplating scrapping it once i have enough money for another one. Its got 126000 on the clock, a few small dents here and there and few rust patches, and its on a 03 plate. I thinking ill be lucky to get 300 quid lol... what do you think?

 

[jon1612]

thought seat base tipped forward to put rear seats down, seem to remember that on mine when i had one, maybe wrong , i think ( maybe wrong ) but under seat is inspection panel for fuel tank sender unit, should be a plastic cover over it sounds like this could have come off or be missing - i might be totaly wrong with this but is worth a look

 

[MEvans2104]

thought seat base tipped forward to put rear seats down, seem to remember that on mine when i had one, maybe wrong , i think ( maybe wrong ) but under seat is inspection panel for fuel tank sender unit, should be a plastic cover over it sounds like this could have come off or be missing - i might be totaly wrong with this but is worth a look

Only the vertical part of the rear seats tips forward, the horizontal (what u sit on) is fixed, when i find time i will take a few sockets to it but just wondered if someone can give me a idea before i go messing.

 

[atom0007]

Are you sure it doesn't tip forward? My 3 door does.

Otherwise torx screws on fixings.

 

[homeward]

Are you sure it doesn't tip forward? My 3 door does.

They do on the five-door, too!

 

[oldhammer]

Why scrap it ?

fix it and keep.
scrap price is pennys. ionly got 110 quid for a heavy diesel one.

don't scrap it sell it on gumtree /ebay gives car another chance if your fed up with it,

how many doors is it ?
ive got nice clean tidy /dry interior out of mk2b sat here doing nothing

 

[jon1612]

They do on the five-door, too!

yes i was sure mine did, was 5 door,

 

[s and b]

seat squab lifts on all puntos
maybe its been nailed down because both rear arches are non existent and you can see the tyres once lifted up?
i got £132.43 for a punto rear engined model yesterday

 

[oldhammer]

seat squab lifts on all puntos
maybe its been nailed down because both rear arches are non existent and you can see the tyres once lifted up?
i got £132.43 for a punto rear engined model yesterday

was that on the scales or collected ?

uphere they only want to pay around 90 quid for em collected.

 

[varesecrazy]

Right without messing around with pictures..

The rear seats get a damp patch about 3/4s of the seat, right in the middle. Theres no leaks from the roof, so for that sort of leak from underneath for surface water on the road i cant imagine how big the hole is..

How do i remove the rear seats to get a look?

hi,
seat base SHOULD lift up from rear and Pivot - however it MAY be that the hinges have rusted if it's really THAT damp,
if a 3 door , you can get water ingress via the rear windows,
due to damaged weather /roof seal - had this on my nieces.. the seal is actually a hollow TUBE so we filled it with sealant--job done

charlie

 

[jon1612]

seat squab lifts on all puntos
maybe its been nailed down because both rear arches are non existent and you can see the tyres once lifted up?
i got £132.43 for a punto rear engined model yesterday

REAR engined punto ??

 

[oldhammer]

REAR engined punto ??

ithink he means one that got an old lump thrown in boot for extra weight .

 

[s and b]

was that on the scales or collected ?

uphere they only want to pay around 90 quid for em collected.

delivered on the bridge of weighs
oh it was so much better a few years ago when old lump mondeos commanded 250 sovs

 

[atom0007]

Rust holes....fingers crossed.

Just undo the screws underneath, doesn't matter if hinges are rusted or not

 

[s and b]

REAR engined punto ??

engine was thrown in boot

 

[jon1612]

HAHA :worship: