Thanks for all the complements guys!
As promised here's the seat repair pictures. I also did a small enhancement project that I'll share below.
Here's the new office chair air shock I got from Ebay for $25. All we want out of this thing is the chrome shock itself.
Turn it upside down and you'll find the clip holding it in.
Here's the new one along with the old broke one for comparison. Like I said the new one is a tad bigger.. doesn't make a diff just means the seat can sit higher if desired.
Place the old seat attachment back on your new post and knock it down tight with a rubber mallet.
Here is where the whole thing being put back together isn't a perfect solution. The old seat post had a spot half way thru the assembly that had a hole that you put the bottom of the gas shock thru and attached that metal clip that we took off earlier. That kept the two pieces of the seat post secured to each other.
Now the way they made this in the factory is they put that clip on then slid it down into the middle of the post and crimped the ring in place. There is no possible way to get it back out.. or to get a clip on there down in the middle of that long post... So I just didn't worry about it.
This means that the two parts of the post are not joined together and it just sit's down inside of the post and gravity does the rest. It's not perfect but this seat isn't for riding on at speed and as long as you remember that its not secure and don't try to pick it up out of the post hole by just grabbing the seat it will still work just fine.
It does what it is supposed to do which is become adjustable again and give you a little shock cushion when you sit down on it.
Seat still works and 25 bucks and its in two pieces instead of one is still better than another 80 for a new post in my opinion.
Here's the other little project. I stole this from someone else's build... don't remember who but "Thanks Dude" We lost one of the twist off access covers when we didn't tighten it down right and it flew off while going down the highway. Hopefully this will keep that from happening again.