It's Easy! Replace your worn out car or truck seat cushion!

Hey there folks, this is Josh, Tony Ridge Farmer. Welcome back to the farm. Today we're going to be fixing up the old truck again here. We've got new cushion for the seat. So today's video is basically going to be a how-to video on replacing an old saggy seat cushion in your pickup truck. Also bonus footage at the end of this video showing you how to do this. We're going to replace the grill on this pickup truck and we're going to replace that pesky insulation underneath the hood. So I don't know how many of you guys have saggy seats or saggy old insulation under your hood or bubbles in your chromework on your truck. But today we're going to solve all those problems. So come along as we teach you how to replace the seat on your pickup truck. Alright? Woo! So first I need to show you the problem with the pickup truck and a lot of you guys probably have this very same problem. We replaced the seat covers in our other Dodge Ram. I've got a couple Dodge Ram pickup trucks here. 1999 and a 2000 model. This would kind of apply to pretty much any old pickup truck or any car seat if you're working on an old car. I'll post a link down the video description to this seat cushion that I'm using and through that link you could probably find whatever type of seat cushion you need for whatever type of pickup truck or car that you have. It's a very simple process here and getting the seat out of the car. What we did first, we put new seat covers on our Dodge Ram gas. So the bottom of the seat, the seat cushion itself was just fine but the covers were totally trash. So we replaced those, no problem whatsoever. There's only four bolts holding this little seat in. Each truck is going to be a little bit different but this will kind of give you a good overview and don't be scared to get in and do this stuff on your own. Also underneath the hood, the sagging hood insulation problem which I'm sure every old pickup truck has, well they make awesome replacement parts for that so I'll post a link down in the video description to that and we got to replace the grill. But really this video is all about seat cushions. So let's open up and I'll show you what we have. You see where there's a little bit of wear that's where this seat whenever I sit in it it kind of crunches and rubs right there. You want to avoid that if we possibly can. I don't want to hold in my seat. So this cushion is pretty much shot. It's a little better than most but it's still pretty much shot. We'll go over to the other side. See how flat that is? Okay, this is the passenger side and as you can see it's nice and fluffy right here. Big difference, very big difference. So this seat doesn't get set in near as much and doesn't show near the amount of wear on the cushion. See how fluffy that is? Now you can see how flat that is. Big difference. So much like a lot of trucks of this vintage there are only four bolts underneath here holding the seat. I've already loosened those bolts and the seat just lifts right out. So I suggest that you take the back of your seat you lean it all the way back and then you just simply lift out your seat. Now if you have a heated seat which it doesn't work on there anymore anyway but we'll tip it up and there's a wire attached to the bottom of the seat. There'll be a little heating pad underneath the upholstery as we remove it. So we'll unclip that and we'll take it back to the tailgate. Good deal. Cool. So this was connected via this wire to the electronic seat warmer and this is connected to the back of the seat. So in other words this turns the whole seat warmer on. There's a pad under here and a pad in the seat back. Let's go back to the tailgate. So if I had been smart I probably would have ordered a new heat pad to put in here too. So my heated butt seat works. That would have been awesome but too bad. So sad. I probably just unplug all this stuff and just pull it out. So the seat cover is a leather seat cover with synthetic sides and you could have a cloth seat. Either one it doesn't matter. It all comes off the same. There are little plastic hooks basically that grab right here, here, here and here. We want to loosen those up and all we have to do is mush the upholstery in and pull those loose. I'll show you. Really the take home message of this video is don't be afraid to do this kind of stuff yourself. Get in here with a wrench and screwdrivers or whatever it is that you think you might need and get busy. We may require a screwdriver to get back in here. This thing is still pretty tight and going back together is probably going to be even tighter. Now I have a set of a poultry tools. You really don't need a poultry tools in order to do this. Probably just a long flat tip screwdriver would get it. But I just got one corner loose right here and I'm just going to work this off. You want to be careful. You don't want to tear your seat either or you're a poultry. So I'm going to be kind of careful. We'll just work this off. A flathead screwdriver would probably do just fine. Just like so. Be careful. This stuff is sharp underneath here and it will cut you. It will cut you. It will cut you. Did I say it will cut you yet? Okay, we're going to get on the other side. This is an upholstery tool. A flat tip screwdriver would work just fine. See how it pop loose? Okay, so that's one loose. Now if this one's loose, the back one should be no problem whatsoever. So we'll give it a little mash and we'll start working it loose. And again, we'll take our little poultry tool and work it underneath there. Make life a little bit easier. That's not what this tool is designed to do but it does it. Cool. Here's number two. Now we have a long one over here and two short ones over there. So this is a poultry tool set. I think it costs like 15 bucks. It comes with like five of these guys and they're important to have if you're going to do your own vehicle maintenance stuff like that. There we go. That one. Last one's right here. Loosen up around it. There we go. That's a finger slicer right there. Told you they were sharp. How you going to know if you're tough if you don't cut yourself once in a while? We did what we should have done the first place is put some gloves on. All right, so we're going to flip the seat over. I've got the new cushion down here. I don't want to contaminate it with a bunch of dust and mess. If you see the old seat, there's some springs in here and those springs have basically cut down into the cushion right here. This thing's old and crusty man. So we'll roll this back. We're actually going to flip the seat over and there should be again hog rings. They're called hog rings that are holding this in place. What we're going to put in is zip ties to hold it in place. A heavy duty zip tie, a weather resistant zip tie to hold those in place as we reinstall this guy. That should last the life of the truck. I'm sure. So we're just going to slip our cover off. Just like so. Be gentle. Go slow. Take it easy. No hurry. Okay. Now there's some Velcro or hook and loop stuff down in here. As I pull it, it's going to come loose. So don't think you're tearing the seat. Most seats will have something like this. Actually, the electronic portion is built into the seat cover so we don't have to worry about that. All right. Now we're down to the hog rings which are right here. Three of them. One, two, three. Imagine your seat's probably going to be similar to that. We'll take a pair of pliers and we'll pull those loose. Roll this forward and we'll take these hog rings a loose. You could just take diagonal cutting pliers or you can just bend these back out of the way and you could reinstall them. You could reuse them if you wanted to. I think I'm going to try and reuse these hog rings instead of putting zip ties in. It seems to make sense. Put those in a safe place if you're working in your driveway. You don't want to pull that out of a tie or later. Okay. Seat cover, fully detached. Now we're into the seat cushion. Here is our old seat cushion and we're basically just going to birth it out of the metal frame here. Just like so. This is a seat frame. These are where the four bolts were. Remember this is the bottom. This is the top. Okay. We want to inspect all these springs and cables. Everything looks really good here. So we want to get rid of our old one. Check him out there. Dust off our work area. Slip our new one over and slip this guy right back into position. Again, be gentle. Be careful. Once you sit in this a few times you'll mush it into place. Don't you worry. It's going to find its home. All right. Now we're going to flip it over right here and it's installed on there. I mean, it's on there. Totally good. There's a little metal rod that runs through here. I'll show you. That's where the hog rings go. Here's what I'm talking about. There's a little metal rod right there. There. Another one right there. Grab your seat cushion. Shake it out. It's got any gremlins in there. A little something other stuck in there and then we'll roll it back just like we had it before. Kind of inside out and we'll find where our hog rings went into position. Right. Here's where our seat failed. So you see that wire right there? That is not good. That's where our heated seat failure is. I think I'm not going to reconnect this heated seat because that's a fire hazard right there. Roll it back to where the hog rings were which is right here. Here's one hog ring in place and we're just installing it in a reverse order that we took it apart. Last hog ring, right in here. I'm going to make sure all of our seams line up appropriately. Get that last hog ring in. In case you're curious about what I'm doing. I'll hook the ring in there. Give it a little turn. Take it underneath that metal piece underneath there. And then we'll bend it back into position. We'll get it squared away so it doesn't stab us in the butt. Cool. Ready to go. We can bring the front end of the seat cover over top of the new cushion just like so. Might take a little finagling. That's okay. It's like so. Stuff it in there. I mean you're just stuffing this stuff in here. That's all you're doing. Very good. Your seat may be a tiny bit different than this one but that's okay. Don't be afraid to try it. Now I'm going to flip it back over and remember we have Velcro strips right here and right here. So we want to get that Velcro lined up appropriately. I'm sticking my hand back in here. Feel where that Velcro is and I'm going to mash it right down in there to catch that Velcro. Just like so and then finish stuffing my seat. Okay. Just keep working until you get all the upholstery wrapped around the cushion. Once you're comfortable with where you are with your seat cushion, you want to take and push these back over top of your seat frame and they'll go on a whole lot easier than they came off as you can see. Boom. There's one basically the easiest way I found. Just take your thumb, press in here and hook them back. It's a good hand workout. One, two, we've got another tug here. Make sure it looks right where you go stuffing. It looks good. They get harder as you go. You can't get it back on and something's wrong and you need to recheck what you're doing. Okay. There we go. All right. There we go. Just make sure that your corners line up with the corners on the new cushion. Awesome. Let's put it back in the truck. Reverse order of what we just did. We'll set this guy in. Nice and gentle. Make sure it fits right. If it doesn't fit right when you're trying to work it back in there, it's not right. So figure it out. Make sure it fits right. Get it lined up with its bolt holes that it was on. Get one started on the front. One started on the back, tighten it up. If you're just here to see how to re-stuff your seat, that's it. But if you're curious about the rest of it, come along and we'll show you the rest. It's a good time here on the farm, guys. Please pound that like button. Jump in here, subscribe to the channel. There's all kinds of fun stuff here on the Stony Ridge farm. You're not going to believe the difference in the cushion height. It went from being about that height to being about that height. I can't wait to sit in this. Here we go. Man, back to being a lazy boy truck again. Man, that's awesome. Guys, a seat like this that's sagging on one side or the other can really cause you back pain. If you're going on long trips like that. So a quick 30-minute fix. I think this costs somewhere in a neighborhood of 50 to 80 bucks. Man, really simple, really easy. And now hopefully no more back pain. Let's get under the hood. So we get two problems on the front of this pickup truck. I'll show you problem number one first. You can see it right here probably. I'll get you a close-up. This is peeling and bubbling. And the Dodge M1 is a little bit cracked up. That's okay. We're going to put it back in the new grill. The new grill didn't come with the Dodge M1. I think that's something that probably cost about 100 bucks at the Dodge place. Let me show you what's up with the chrome real quick before we go underneath and look at the insulation. You see the bubbly? Probably can hear it crunching underneath there. It just started a little spot on here and then it just kind of went all the pieces. So it's all the way around here. I do believe this is an aftermarket replacement grill if I'm not mistaken. But it may be the original factory. We'll check it out and see if it says mopar. Now here's one talking about under the hood. This is the hood insulation. It is falling apart, holes in it, just nasty, nasty mess. So a simple removal and reinstall of the new insulation. I might recommend wearing a mask or breeding through your shirt. So this one. That's what was causing it though. A mouse had gotten in and made a nest under the hood. So what happens when you have a farm in your parking truck near your barn or your chicken coop? Okay so this is the new kit. This is the top that faces the hood and this is what you'll see when you open the hood much much nicer than the other. That was in there. Now I will say that all the holes are pre-stamped or pre-cut which might have some little fuzz balls you have to remove and clean up after this anyway. But this is a fiberglass insulation so I'd recommend wearing a mask if you're worried about that kind of thing. Oh a lot better. So here's the new grill. It's just a chrome grill just the same as the factory grill. It's an aftermarket part. I think it costs somewhere in a neighborhood of 70 bucks, something like that. It had mixed reviews about the fit and finish. I'm a little wary of that. So we're gonna unbag it. I've already opened the box. We'll unbag it together check out the fit and finish. All this stuff you could do on your own. Again hopefully I'm inspiring you to get out warmer weather is on the way. Get out and work on your vehicle. What happens is your truck learns that you love it and you take good care of it and when you do something like this sets you up for disaster because as soon as you put a new shiny grill on your pickup the engine will blow up. Look at this. So nice. Look at that. There's no complaints here. Look at that. So the reviews said that it looked like it had been trimmed off right here by a third grader basically. I see nothing wrong with that man. That's the thing of beauty. This right here must be the brand. You unbolt that from the backside or unscrew it and put the new emblem in. So we'll set this over to the side and pull the oval knot. Whenever you're working with aftermarket parts which just isn't aftermarket part you want to make sure you hang on to all your hardware and I'm not just going to take this off and chuck it down the hill. I need to make sure that everything's going to match up and fit just right because I may end up putting it right back. There we go. Now you're only going to have the grill out of your pickup truck probably once in its usable life. So we're going to go ahead and clean this up. We've got a little glass cleaner. We're going to clean this all up and there's actually a little bit of rust on the frame right here and I've got some Eastwood rust encapsulator which will just stop that rust dead and it's tracks and that way I don't get any kind of staining on the bumper or anything like that. So we'll just dress this up. We'll wipe it off and then we'll touch up a little bit on this rusty spot. Here's the old one. Fairly dull and bubbly and there is the new one. Man looks super duper nice. Awesome. Fit great and it's a little shinier than the other one. So this has a matte gray and this has a chrome insert in it. Cool. Unbelievable difference in this seat cushion. I told you I was going to show it to you. So let's show you the before right now and here is the after. Clearly a lot better before it was smushed all the way flat and I can't even smash it flat now. Well, I feel like I'm back in high school again. I'm excited to drive the truck. Got a nice new shiny grill. It turned out great. The hood insulation is in and we got a new seat cushion. I hope this video has inspired you to get off your butt and get out and work on your own pickup. Show it that you love it. Pick up, appreciate that kind of thing guys. I appreciate you. Thanks a lot for being here on the Stony Ridge Farm channel today. 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