UPDATE II: Add are some instructions (thanks Terry!) for installing DJ-3A seats:
![1956-06-15-dj3a-seat-install-directions2-lores](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2017/05/1956-06-15-dj3a-seat-install-directions2-lores-521x650.jpg)
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ORIGINAL POST UPDATE MAY 2017: I’ve added a couple pics at the end and included a discussion on the extra channel DJ-3As have.
Last fall, when disassembling Rusty, I thought it was odd that the 2/3 1/3 seats had been mounted on wood blocks. I assumed this had been done by the previous owner to raise the seats.
Yesterday, I discovered that Patterson’s passenger seat was loose. When I examined it more carefully, I learned that it was loose because one of the wood blocks under the seat had broken. I can only conclude that all DJ-3A’s with 2/3 1/3 seats were mounted on wood blocks? Or maybe only the early ones?
The photo below shows the passenger seat tilted forward. The front of it is mounted in a way that allows it to pivot forward. The mounts are bolted through a piece of wood, then through a piece of cloth, through the body, and into a welded bolt. The rear of the seats rests on the two mounts at the back of the well. The long piece of wood is a well-seasoned (at least 45 years old) and stained piece of oak that will work perfect for replacement blocks.
![2017-05-20-seats6](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2017/05/2017-05-20-seats6-650x488.jpg)
Unlike the passenger seat, the rear of the driver’s seat rests on two posts; slide onto the ends of the posts are rubber feet. Those rubber feat sit on blocks of wood also. ![2017-05-20-seats7](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2017/05/2017-05-20-seats7-650x518.jpg)
A close up of the rubber foot. The hole is 1 inch in diameter, so I ought to be able to find rubber feet to replace these tired ones.![2017-05-20-seats8](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2017/05/2017-05-20-seats8-650x645.jpg)
This shows how great the floor on this DJ is.
![2017-05-20-seats9](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2017/05/2017-05-20-seats9-650x488.jpg)
Another angle. Blocks 1, 4, 5, and 6 were the same size. Blocks 2 and 3 were larger and screwed down to the body. The rear 2/3’s seat rested atop those blocks.
![patterson-seat-blocks](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2017/05/patterson-seat-blocks-1024x768.jpg)
I’ve drilled cut and drilled the blocks. They are ready for installation. I plan to add a thin piece of rubber under the blocks. Once I remove the rusted end of one bolt that broke, I’ll be able to reinstall the seats.
If you take a look at wood block #1 and block #6 there’s something curious. While the body area under wood block is similar to a CJ-3A, the body area under #6 has an additional channel (btw, we’ve yet to document any under DJ-3A body channels with wood in them).
This is the passenger side with the extra channel and a welded bolt.
![patterson-dj3a-underside2](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2017/05/patterson-dj3a-underside2.jpg)
No channel on the driver’s side even though there is a bolt welded there. ![patterson-dj3a-underside3](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2017/05/patterson-dj3a-underside3.jpg)
Finally, the DJ-3As used wood blocks between the frame and transmission crossmember.
![patterson-dj3a-underside1](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2017/05/patterson-dj3a-underside1.jpg)