Are new parts still available for the mechanism to recline the stock seats? I'd guess it would look something like this (though I think these are first-gen seats):



This would be for an 85 Bird. I couldn't find anything on AutoZone or RockAuto...

 

You won't find parts like that at the automotive stores. I'd suggest the dealership, the bone yards (where there have to be thousands), or perhaps the classifieds here on TGO.

JamesC

 

many where the same part, across the entire line. dealership or j/y.

 

Thanks guys, I'll give one of my local dealers a call (it's a car I'm looking at buying). Reason I'm doing all this ahead of time is my current daily driver, a 94 Saturn, had lots of problems throughout its model range with seat recliners going bad -- and the mechanisms aren't available new & so finding non-broken seats at a junkyard was hard & expensive... thanks!