Can I use a passenger side seat track on the driver side? My motors are dead in my driver side power seat, looking to fix this cheap, but not sure if a manuel set of tracks will work from the passenger side.
FWIW, you will lose a lot of seat travel with the manual track. I'm 6' even, and my knees almost hit the knee pad.
I would highly recommend tapping the second set of seat holes (in the seat itself). There is a set of dummy holes already drilled and tapped (at the factory), so you drill/tap the second set to fit the track once the new front ones are bolted in.
In my case, it was annoying enough that I went to a seat track extender.
You can get them from BOI, MU and supply houses like that. BOI sells them on ebay for instance.
Here's another catch for you. I got mine used for a nice price. The reason: The gent who had them was like you in that he enjoyed clean air because his head was in a different atmospheric level (he is 6' 6").
The extender raises the seat upwards so it was akin to being a clown in a clown car. I can totally see this - being only 6' even, I am looking through my tint strip to see the stop light when I'm first in line. It could also hamper your ingress/egress (hitting your head on the roof).
That's just something else to consider. With the expense of the extenders (I think they're 60-70 bucks new), it could be better money to buy a used power seat track and call it a day. Had I been able to find one at a reasonable rate, I'd have gone that route myself.
Good luck.