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This resurrection couldn't have been more timely.
I finally got a friend to go mountain biking with me yesterday and had yet to fold down the driver's side seat back since I bought my truck.
I'll leave the repair of the inoperable lever/latch assembly for another day... but something I learned is you don't need the lever at all.
You can just pop it open with a flat-head screwdriver.