Excursion seats??

[Bing-Bing]

I have a 2000 Ford Excursion and after much trouble putting down the second row seats I now can'nt get them back up. As we are going full timing next month I figured we could use them either up or down. Now however they may be down forever. If any Excursion owners know the trick to these seats I would be in your debt. My gray Airstream binder is also trapped under those seats and I think it's getting a little scared.

[jimmini]

If you lift up on the bottom horizontal black handle the seat back should then come up, then you can pull the seat bottom down and put the head rest on.

[87MH]

This is what Ford has to say about it...

My 2005 2nd row captains seats sometimes need a bit of encouragement to operate properly...

Note what the manual has to say about storing cargo under the seats!

[SaabLover]

All of these diagrams look a lot like my burb. When I first got mine I had trouble getting the seats back up. Until I realize that I had the front seats pushed back to far onto them. I am 6'1" and need the leg room. Once I moved the front seats forward they came right up. Might help.

[Bing-Bing]

Thank you all for your help. After another 15 or 20 minutes of jiggling the black handle both sides unhooked and came right up as the book shows. Sooo I oiled all the fittings I could find and let the small side down gently and it's locked down and won't come back up. I think there is one little notch you must hit and the seat will come back up. I did get me Airstream book however. I'll have to check with a Ford dealer.