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Jun 19th, 2019, 18:26 | #21 | |
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I didn't bring a battery to test it. I'm learning I will look at the ECU again before starting the job of tearing down / swapping parts to the manual seat. I am leaning, however, to just going ahead and going straight manual if the parts are swappable. I'd like to swap: 1. Full seat back from the powered to the manual, as the lumbar in the manual I have is faulty and I'll need to swap the foam and cover anyway. (can I convert the power driven seat back position to using the handle?) 2. Move the foam and leather from the power seat bottom to the manual seat bottom. 3. I will test the heater in the seat bottom and probably just leave the heater cables and springs there. They look decent. |
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Jun 19th, 2019, 19:59 | #22 |
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It can certainly be done. Be methodical, i can give you pointers but none specific to the Volvo seats as i haven't done one yet, got some front covers from a similar year to mine to replace the old worn, ripped covers.
There will almost certainly be a hidden fixing in the backreast, you'll have to roll the cover down the backrest (or up, depending how you view it) once everything else is loose to find it, it pulls the contour in on the front. General pointers - work with the seat upside down, there will be hog-rings that you'll need pliers to remove and pushing down on the cushion as you try will make life easier. Also you need to remove the headrest before you start, assuming the 960 seats and 740 seats are the same, there are hidden buttons about 3-4" down from the top of the seat in line with the headrest legs. Push them in and remove the headrest. Take plenty of photos including heated seat connectors and so on. Good luck!
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Jun 19th, 2019, 23:27 | #23 |
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Well, I may be up for an award.
I put the 740 seats into the car (they aren't in bad shape, leather matches too) for now. Wanted to give myself some time before taking on the swap project. Curious to see if the heated seat function works, I hooked up the battery I'd been using to work on the power seat. The battery is/nearly dead. That would explain why I was getting functionality from the power seat that just 'went away' with a few seconds time. The confusing part was there was just enough power to turn the motor for it to turn the cable, but not enough to power the chair movement. The back of the chair movement must have used a very minor amount of power. I must have rebuilt the bottom of that seat 8 to 10 times looking for clues as to what was going on. At least I know it well now. Wonder what will happen when I hook it up to the charged battery... |
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Jun 20th, 2019, 22:18 | #24 |
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With a charged battery the seat now operates flawlessly.
I rebuilt this I don't know how many times, and the cables are all nice and lubed up now. So it will go in as power. I'll find somewhere to stash the manual 740 seat as a doomsday backup. Thanks again for the help. |
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Jun 20th, 2019, 22:37 | #25 | |
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Loose or sometimes even just old fuses can also creat havoc in a similar way, glad it's all sorted now anyway!
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