Can a power seat be moved manually?

[InstantAddict]

I just got 2000 GT seats, the driver side is power but I didn't wire my 86' for power yet. Is there a way to move the seat back without power?

 

[hllon4whls]

Not without taking it apart. It is a gear driven setup and doesnt move. If it did, the seat would slide all over the seat track while driving.

 

[srothfuss]

You can probably take a 9v battery and hook it up to the wires to make it move for you.

 

[trbkrb]

I had to move mine just to install them since the bolt holes I couldn't reach. I just ran some wires from a 12 v source and a ground to the two wires on the plug. Here is a pic of what I did to install it permanently, but the two wires together are the power for the seat and lumbar, the single wire is the ground.

 

[HISSIN50]

What Thomas did is the best bet. Srothfuss has bigger 9 volt batteries than what most of us do. (The power seat in the 94 draws a pretty good amount of juice).

 

[InstantAddict]

I used a 9v battery. It moved real slow but got the job done, for now.

 

[srothfuss]

I was only sugesting it as a temporary means of getting his seat adjusted... To make everything perminent, he has to hard wire the seat like Thomas did...

I should have posted that originally

 

[bcd]

you can wire it permanently in just a few seconds if you have the plug that goes into.

 

[HISSIN50]

I was only sugesting it as a temporary means of getting his seat adjusted... To make everything perminent, he has to hard wire the seat like Thomas did...

I should have posted that originally

Oh yeah, we knew it was temporary. I really did not think a little 9 volt could power a seat. Good stuff.