I'm 5'3 and the seat in my 1988 bronco II won't move far enough forward to safely reach the pedals and clutch. I'm wondering if anyone else is as short as I am and has a solution to this problem?

 

I am 5'2" and could not reach the pedals without a huge struggle in my 1988. I took it to a custom shop to see what could be done and they said could add a bracket to the seat track to get me up to 2" more travel.

When they removed the seat, however, they discovered original weld slag from the manufacturer had dripped into the track slightly limiting the forward travel by the inch or two I needed to get me comfortably to the pedals. This was filed off and I've had no trouble driving it now! I didn't need the bracket! Cost was about $100.

I should mention that I also knew something wasn't right to begin with, because my oruiginal 1990 Bronco II that I ordered and bought new from the factory back in the day, allowed me to rotate the driver's seatback forward enough to get groceries into the back seat, yet this 1988 did not have hardly any room to even get my arm through the clearance between the pillar and the seat, so I was suspicious from the start. But everyone kept telling me that's the way most 2 door trucks were designed and entry/egress to the rear seating was only through the passenger side. I knew different from my own original 1990, but assumed it was a model difference, not a manufacturer defect.

While it may be true that for 1988 and other model years, the design for rear human entry/egress is passenger side only, I still knew there should have been more space between pillar and seat back on the driver side, for slipping at least items through the opening. Removing that weld slag from the seat track, gave me that room and a couple more inches of forward adjustment!

I have a post about it in this forum somewhere with photos, if you do a search. Good luck either way!

 

Pep Boys and probably other parts stores sell pedal pads for brake and clutch. You might get a half inch to a full inch more height out of your pedal with one of those.

 

We had a 1985 BII, my wife is 5'3" and had no problem reaching the pedals.

 

My wife is 5' 0" and she doesn't have any problem reaching the pedals so I imagine something must be wrong with the seat track in your Bronco II.