Picked up two black 3rd row seats that match my black interior. Nice lady about an hour away was selling them for $100. All the salvage yards I searched wanted $200+per seat, and no guarantees they'd match or not be covered in funk.
When I put the left seat in the seat back release was stuck, and wouldn't lock. She gave me $10 back and said I had to take them both. Ok!
Got home and stripped the plastic off that seat and, wow, there's a lot happening at first glance. I grabbed some PB Blaster MultiMax, and sprayed everything that had a cable or spring or joint, and applied a few wraps of my 4lb. thumb detector to the stuck lever.
It was tighter than a nun's..... at first, but after some thorough attention it loosened up nicely. Now I just need to clean them up, as they've been sitting in a garage for a few years.
I have some friend flying in from MT & TX at the end of the month, along with their better halves, so I was starting to stress about finding at least one 3rd row seat to squish us all in.