In a message dated 4/5/00 11:33:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM writes:

<< I looked into this when I upgraded to the captain's style seats and
 really could not see an easy way to do this.  The mechanism is a meshing
 of gear teeth through a small arc, and the end of the range of recline
 is where the teeth end.  I could see no way to increase the recline
 without completely reconstructing the entire mechanism.  To do this
 would require fabrication of parts and welding, which would further
 necessitate complete disassembly of the seat, more trouble than I wanted
 to go to.
  >>

if you have a westy, you can swival the seat backwards, remove the 2 allen
head bolts at the hinge between seatback and bottom, and recline the seatback
so its supported by the dash.

chris