Disco-Ron Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Just a quickie.....are 300tdi seat boxes the same as the earlier ones, apart from seat fixings?? Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3000 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 tunnel is a different profile for r380 vs lt77. my or may not have seatbox storage under drivers seat if 110/90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibex94 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Above is correct, but differences go a little further. There is a tunnel section that bolts to the bulkhead which is also different as are both floor panels. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-Ron Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks, from what I can work out from the parts catalogue, the actual seatbox itself is the same apart from the possible drivers side storage options. ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibex94 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Unless I'm mixing up a later seat box Td5 on perhaps, the joint between the seat box and tunnel section is much wider on the later seat box. Tunnel is fibreglass from memory. I bought a later seat box when I started rebuilding my truck and I can't remember what the issue with using it was, however I do remember deciding it was too much hassle to try and use the late one on an early vehicle, even looked at changing the tunnel interface, which from memory would suggest it was a gearbox location issue, but it's a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneandtwo Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 The basic seatbox is the same lt77 to R380 apart from the cutout for the gearbox tunnel. An lt77 can be converted to r380 - the r380 tunnel flange is on a separate panel spot welded to the seatbox; it can be removed from the seatbox and rivetted to an earlier seatbox and then the seatbox trimmed away around the tunnel area and holes re drilled for handbrake (the r380 panel moves the handbrake to the right). You also need to re drill one floor bolt hole which also moves to suit the later floor. The r380 panel used to be available separately in a kit to do exactly the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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