B-80 Seat Replacement Question

[Lane Ranger 11,395]

I am in the process of changing a seat on my B-80 and I bought a replacement seat from Northern Tool that will fit nice (I understand Michigan Seat makes them -the original Wheel Horse seat manufacturer).

I have a question about replacing the safety switch in the bottom of the old seat to the new seat. I took the binding off the side of my old seat and removed the safety sensor (which was on with a sticky glue in the middle of the seat -about 6 inches long and came out after clipping the wires)

I am painting the B-80 seat springs gloss black because they needed some update and i wondered about putting the sensor under the seat and between the springs so it would work like it was suppose to. That way I would not have to remove the binding and lift up the cushion on the new seat to replace as it was in the old seat.

Anyone do that on a replacement seat ? Or did use place the safety sensor somewhere else?

Any experience on this would be appreciated.

I am doing about 10 wheel horse update repairs today and tomorrow and painting some dump cart wheels, a plow and plow frame and general WH stuff.

:omg:

[can whlvr 994]

im pretty sure the newer style seat safty is attached to the fender pan and pressure from the seat with someone on it closes the switch,i personally have all my seat switches bypassed,no little kids cutting grass here.

[Lane Ranger 11,395]

Thanks Don. I decided to run the six inch long sticky plastic safety device between the new seat bottom and the spring.

Not sure yet if it will shut off when getting off the seat but it sure starts and runs installed like that!