Third Row Seat Add to 08 Expe XLT

[gwells]

I replaced my 2000 with an 08 and happy as can be but did not come with third row seat. Could someone post pics of the rear area of their 08? I'm in contact with a junk yard that has the power seats out of an 07 for $200+$150 shipped but want to make sure I ask for everything I need to mount and make safe. I have tried to locate one to physically look at with no luck. So pictures would help. I found online pictures with two different type seat belts and believe that one is EL and the other plain XLT like mine. I pulled the storage crap out and see the mounting holes on the floor for the front bolts of seats. Any pics would help. Thanks.

 

[911jason]

I had no idea they sold Expeditions without a third row!

 

[GAINMOB]

not 3rd at least...i thought it was option for 1st gens

 

[dariod]

Somebody (previous owner) probably removed the third row seating which makes me wonder for what kind of hauling was truck used for.

 

[RI-Matt]

The Expy SSV that police departments buy usually doesn't have a third row seat, just a storage compartment. If the "gwells" Expy is a stripped down / low optioned XLT it may have come that way too.

They made 3rd generation Expys with 40/20/40 front bench seats too. Hard to find but they're out there.


Matt

 

[911jason]

On those front bench models, where is the shifter? Back on the steering column?

 

[RI-Matt]

Yup.

Heres a couple of pics, center seat missing but you get the idea.


Also, what it looks like without the third row.



Matt

 

[RI-Matt]

Just found a couple more pics on ebay of bench seat ones.



Matt

 

[911jason]

Cool! Thanks for the pics.

 

[GAINMOB]

looks the same as 2nd gens in the rear...for the most part...i see a handle in the center right behind the middle seat...does that come up?

 

[gwells]

Must have been the stripped model

I have the storage crap in the back like the picture posted without the third row seat. Not sure how the pics posted here help me but if someone has pics "with" the third row seat (power and manual). Please post on this thread. I need the mounting points front and rear for the Third row seat and the seat belt mounting points. Thanks.

 

[GAINMOB]

all i can do is take pics of my 2nd gen

 

[gwells]

I appreciate the offer but I don't know if differences between 2nd and 3rd? BTW Sharp ride.

 

[GAINMOB]

aight...thx

 

[911jason]

Not sure how the pics posted here help me but if someone has pics "with" the third row seat (power and manual).

He probably posted them because I had said I didn't know they even came without 3rd row seats or with the center console removed.

 

[RI-Matt]

gwells, sorry for getting this thread off topic. Can you post a pic or two of what the third row area looks like without the storage covers in? I will grab a few pics of mine showing the attachment points this weekend ( if it ever stops raining). I do know if yours is not an EL the seat belts mount to the pillar and not the roof.



Matt

 

[RI-Matt]

gwells, Check out these diagrams for the mounting locations of the seat and seat belts.



Matt

 

[gwells]

Awesome info

No problem RI-Matt. It made me look on ebay for pics but no luck. The diagrams are awesome. Are there any of the area behind where the seat belt bolt 7 goes into? I will post pics tomorrow of the cargo area with everything removed and also the area behind the rear column plastic piece. I am going to go to the local junk yard and see if I can find the seat belts and get them installed before I find the third row seat. Maybe I'll get lucky and find the third row?!?! It's been raining here in Florida but we need it badly. Is it possible to buy the technical repair CD for the 08 expe? I have the CD for my 2000. I appreciate your help with this.

 

[gwells]

Floor pis and driver column below. I found that the little plastic plate on IMG_0006 is the feed through for belt down to the tension-er that bolts down by the fuel reset switch/button. I also have the holes for the floor mount of the seat belt per your third row belt picture. I will need the column piece with the mounting hole for the seat belt as well as the hard ware.

 

[TXFRDOwner]

Yup.

Heres a couple of pics, center seat missing but you get the idea.


Also, what it looks like without the third row.



Matt

You can get yourself one of these
for that empty space between your seats:

http://www.daddycoolfridge.com/ford-console-fridge.html