Converting to power seats - Question

[Deleted member 35644]

Hey guys, bought a power seat track from a wrecking yard, and noticed an electrical connection on the bottom of it that I don't remember seeing on my non-power seats. What would plug into the red plug in these pictures?

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[Cobra Jet]

That large connector plugs into the seat module. Without the module, the "power" seat isn't going to do all that much...

This thread contains a lot of the seat threads - you'll find info about the module in the 2nd link in the below thread.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/th...ing-heating-rear-deletes.171505/#post-3478966

 

[Deleted member 35644]

That large connector plugs into the seat module. Without the module, the "power" seat isn't going to do all that much...

This thread contains a lot of the seat threads - you'll find info about the module in the 2nd link in the below thread.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/th...ing-heating-rear-deletes.171505/#post-3478966

Thanks much!

 

[BluePonyGT]

Yep it's for that circuit board (about the size of an index card but a little wider) that controls a whole bunch of stuff for the seat: heating and cooling, and adjustment. My factory one failed on my passenger side, and I lost all heating/cooling until I replaced it. I can take a pic of my old one (yes I kept it like a crazy person) so you know what it looks like.

 

[Deleted member 35644]

Confused... If the red plug does all that, what is this one for? The plug on the passenger like this one plugged into the car and the power adjustments worked. I was thinking the red plug must be for the power lumbar in the backrest, but it looks like I'm wrong.

 

[BluePonyGT]

Ah forgot to dig the old one out and take a pic.

That board actually has TWO connectors go to it. A short and a long.

 

[Deleted member 35644]

It appears the driver seat track I bought has all the bills and whistles, while the car it's going into doesn't. Car has no switches for heated or cooled seats, and it doesn't look like it's going to be plug and play for the lumbar adjustment, even if I can get the backrest parts out of a wrecking yard seat. Just hoping the plugs that the car has will give the seat power to adjust the seat bottom cushion and forward/back.

 

[Cobra Jet]

Check the seat thread that was supplied above - quite a few M6G members have "upgraded" by swapping in power seats to a
vehicle that didn't have them.

Yes you do need to activate some stuff via Forscan, and yes you have to make sure you have the modules or harnesses - but other than that, it has been done.

 

[Deleted member 35644]

Figured it out. Went and picked up a heated and cooled power driver's seat from a wrecking yard this morning. The red plug underneath my Ebay power seat track (no heat/cool) is for lumbar adjustment ( gray & green wire). Should just plug & play with connector from the heated/cooled back rest harness with the heating and cooling plug left unconnected, since there's nothing to connect it to on the new seat. Relieved.

 

[BluePonyGT]

I'll get pics of that board and put them up tonight. Sorry I keep forgetting...

 

[Deleted member 35644]

You don't have to, I know which board you're talking about. The seat I bought over the weekend had one. My current seats nor the new seats have the boards. I'm not adding heating and cooling, I just wanted power adjustments, which are plug & play. I plugged it into the car and tested everything this weekend. I have full seat bottom and lumbar adjustment from existing wiring and plugs. Thanks for the help guys.

 

[BluePonyGT]

Cool!

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