96 disco elec seats

[roverv8]

Working on my new project, 1996 Disco V8i ES

The power seats, well the switch's are broken and i need to adjust them manually, can it be done??

Looked on RAVE but it doesn't say or show how to do this.

Thanks Luke :wallbash:

[roverv8]

Any suggestions,

Im very close to ripping them out, good whilst working
not so good when they won't adjust

[langy]

According to RAVE (RRC-wsm-electrical-repair-electric seat failure) you can play around with the cables and motors with the seat out of the vehicle.

Part of it mentions being able to turn the cable with a small screwdriver, although, as I haven't worked on electric seats I can't say I've tried it.

High probability that, like electric windows, that a connector is loose or dirty.

[TonyC]

If it's just the switches, can't you replace them with some momentry on/off/momentry on ones?

Or pull the wires out and short stuff till the seats are in the right place:wasntme:

Does it have air bags in the seats, watch those wires:o

Tony

[nice1guv]

I've never run across a way to manually adjust the seats if they are electric, but I have seen this on another inferior forum about fixing the swiches, which might be your best option.

How to repair Discovery electric seat switches - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum (http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php'showtopic=47674&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1)

[roverv8]

According to RAVE (RRC-wsm-electrical-repair-electric seat failure) you can play around with the cables and motors with the seat out of the vehicle.

Part of it mentions being able to turn the cable with a small screwdriver, although, as I haven't worked on electric seats I can't say I've tried it.


Yes, if i take them out i don't think they will be going back,
Shame really, grey leather seats, no rips

[roverv8]

I've never run across a way to manually adjust the seats if they are electric, but I have seen this on another inferior forum about fixing the swiches, which might be your best option.

How to repair Discovery electric seat switches - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum (http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php'showtopic=47674&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1)


Thanks for the link but you need to be logged in to see the pics.
Anyhow i had a look at the drivers side control, i think someone has pulled it apart before, half the bits were missing, great.

So i very carefully took the passanger control apart, it was full of ball-bearings and little springs and copper/brass conectors, anyway i cleaned all the terminals and began the slow process of putting it all back ,
finally back together and plugged it in and bingo, passenger seat moves in every position,
was able to plug in the drivers side and got a couple of movements but not all, the plugs are mirror effect if that makes sense
Good enough for now, will have to chase a drivers side control and hopefully it will all work.

Luke

P.S There are fuses & relays under the passenger front seat,
2 of the 4 fuses were blown

[nice1guv]

Now you have a working switch, you can also take that switch from the working seat and plug it into the loom for the other seat and at least adjust it to a suitable position.

:oops2: Re-read your post, you already swapped them. :p