I can move the adjustment levers on my front seats but the seats will not move. The seats are pushed to the back and I cannot reach the back two screws to remove the seats. Any idea as to my next step as I am short and cannot reach the pedals with the seats in their current position? Thanks Bruce
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The stock rollers often go flat, making the seats hard to move.
Maybe you could get someone in the passenger side to lift up on the back of the seat base, while you work the lever from outside on the front, and you both try and slide the seat forward?
OTOH - I always get a lot more “seat leverage” when I’m actually sitting in car seats…. Have you tried lubricating the tracks/rollers as much as you can get to them?
You might have luck by loosening or even removing the front two bolts on the tracks… maybe there is excessive tension on the tracks?
Keep working it, you’ll get it!
Rocky
Try taking the back off the seat (not sure which year seat you have or tilting it forward and getting a bar and board against the firewall and force it forward.
Plus one on the pry bar and/or 2x4 for moving stuck seat tracks. The rubber on those original rollers become flattened and hardened. New rollers are available in Delrin and brass. It is a bit of a project to replace the rollers.
...are the nuts holding the tracks accessible from underneath? (to get an impact wrench underneath while someone else keeps tension on the seat and hopefully spin off the nut?) I had the release lever break off on a Mangusta and think I did exactly this to get the seat out...(btw, I came to this link because I figured the title "front seat" meant you working a Longchamp 
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Mine had welded nuts underneath. Even with flattened rollers I would think, with enough lubrication, the seat would slide far enough forward to get to the back bolts. I replaced my bolts with socket head cap screws as the head is smaller.
The nuts are welded to the frame.
As PanteraPatt mentioned, a 6 ft long 2x4 against the rear firewall will move even the most stubborn seat, once the locking lever is released. I once had to do this for a converted Pantera that had Ferrari seats which used flat sliders that drag on the carpeting, in place of Pantera rollers.
The seats were bolted down directly on the carpet without the stock Pantera front & rear aluminum rail-spacers, probably to slightly lower the seats. Doing this causes any adjuster rails to bend as the carpet compresses during bolt tightening, and fouls up all seat movement.
