Good work, locry. I can't imagine tearing into a S-Class the way you are. You'll be an expert before it's over.

About the severing of digits. I didn't lose one, thankfully. Once I got the two front bolts out, I used an old broom handle to pry the seat up just a little bit to make playing with the wire combinations a bit easier. A few mm makes a difference in this operation, no? Well, somehow I put the broom handle between two parts that wanted to get up close and personal. The mechanism severed that 1 inch piece of hickory...no jagged break...just a clean slice. From the sound it made; you could tell there were some very powerful forces involved.

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Sam

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