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I found this from Seats Unlimited - looks right and has steel pan - curious if good replacement- my original seat is junk.
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This is what I usually bought. Cushion, trim and clip

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ks114
The parts guy said it is a seat kit. I gave him the AM 39680 number
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TempletonJDguy
Yup v Bosch has it right, thank you
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Merc1973
TempletonJDguy said:
I redo my seats with the jd vinyl/foam kit, 80$. Reuse the seat pan with Deere logo and sometimes dealer tag. Reuse the seat trim strip which is already perfectly formed and super tight. They look mint
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Very nice job. Do you have a tutorial write up for this kit?
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NYKen
During the summer I replaced a beat up seat with TY15863, which was around $100. At greenpartstore, It looks like TY15863 is now NLA and has been replaced by A-TY15863, a repro seat made by A&I, a JD company. It is $87. It looks to be missing the JD logo and the drain holes.

Repair kit, TY15740 is $87.
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Is interesting to note, when looking at that particular part description via the GPS (TY 15740) -- for complete repair, an additional 6 retainer clips and an adhesive is recommended.
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TempletonJDguy
I use the adhesive, but I also use it for a lot of other stuff so it’s good to have. I reuse the old seat trim. It’s much tighter and already formed to the contour so it works much better and it doesn’t even need a clip but I use it and the clip fits much better on the old trim.
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tmac58star
My 212 came with seat that had a partial kit installed...the foam and vinyl were there, glued down, but the edging was simply in the wind. I bought the edging and clips and managed to finish the attempt to recover. Works & looked okay until it was out in the sun a little...the trim kept coming off between clips an me being a BOB (Big Ole Boy) didn't help matters. I moved that seat to the 322 and put one of those ugly Deere covers with the mesh pockets on the back over the odd job recover. Now I have an aftermarket seat on the 212, 216 and 430. Reusing the old edging is probably the best bet, plus lots of patience.

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TempletonJDguy
Re using the old edging was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be, in fact it was silly easy. Once you push it on it stays put 👍🏻
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tmac58star
If you use new edging, stretch as tight as you can...then a little tighter and use the clips to secure it as you go. An extra set of hands would be helpful too.
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I always went around the newly installed edging with a channel lock type pliers. With the jaws slightly tighter at the end, move open at the back they crimped the edging metal internals tight to the seat pan.
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TempletonJDguy
Interesting,… I didn’t think there was metal in the new trim. If there is though that’s a great trick 👍🏻
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mjydrafter
Yeah there's metal in them. If you want to reuse them, you just need to spread them a little, and then tighten them back up.

I redid a seat on my old MF8. It was a flatter style with a lower back.

Much-much easier than recovering a motorcycle seat.
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Do you know if this will replace the stock seat on a 140 or 120?
I got a seat from Northern Tool years ago. It was very inexpensive. It did not have the correct bolt pattern, so I made adapters. The seat had wrong angles for the 120. The seat bottom and back angles did not match the original, it awkward to use.

It is time to replace the seat, again.

I replaced the original seat due to wear and the seat pan was cracked around the mounting holes.
Thanks.
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