Thread: HSE seats on standard slide no electrics?

Phillip, I'm not saying it can or cannot be done, I am purely putting ideas out there.

However, this a cut and paste from the Land Rover Only Forum (US)

Being 6?3″ with long legs I have always felt a little cramped in the drivers seat of my DII. There are several long trips coming up for me and I decided it was time to look into modifying the driver seat base to allow for more travel.
Looking at the motorized drive mechanism showed that it was at it's maximum travel, yet there was still room on the track for more travel towards the rear. The first obstacle was a metal stops located inside the tracks that were designed to limit seat travel. My Saber Saw with a metal cutting blade made for a quick removal of the metal piece from both tracks.

The next obstacle was the drive mechanism itself. The existing mounting locations restricted seat travel to the stock limits. By relocating the anchor points for the drive mechanism I could customize the travel to my needs. To test my concept I cut two 9″ pieces of aluminum stock and made holes in one end to fit the drive mechanism's mounting bolt and a 1/4″ hole at the other end to attach to an existing hole on the seat base.

I attached the bracket to the seat drive mechanism and to an unused hole in the seat frame with a 1/4″ grade 8 bolt and lock nut. I used steel stock and grade 8 hardware for the finished modification as this bracket is holding the seat in place and should be as strong as practical.

Here you can see the position of the seat at it's original maximun travel location.

This is the seat at it's new maximum travel position after installing the two new brackets.

As you can see there is a drastic increase in the rearward travel of the seat allowing for ample leg room. In fact I can move the seat back to a point where I can just barely reach the pedals and steering wheel.
This modification took about an hour and required the following items.
2ea. 1″ x 9″ metal stock
2ea. 1/4-20 bolts with lock nuts
Hand Drill with 1/4″ and 25/64″ bits
#8 metric hex wrench
Sabre Saw with metal cutting blade


Dave

OK my bad as Xgens say.
I didn't follow the link as it was posted incorrectly.
But you have to ask yourself why they did that. Perhaps the motor gear is very near the end of its travel.
In any case , how is the seat to be moved if the electrics are not connected? Do they have a manual lever?
I was thinking it would not be too hard to add the controls as the switches usually go to earth and the harness is powered all the time. Maybe the poster can have a look at RAVE.
Regards Philip A

No worries Phillip. As i said before, I'm just pushing ideas for solutions to the problem of extra tall drivers and D2's.

Thanks for all your input, it is always appreciated.

Dave

You were right Phillip ... I did make an error in the link....fixed now.

Dave

I saw the original thread on that site. I may have misread it but when i looked at my electric seats i thought the mod might nake them a bit unsafe potentially in a rear end collision?

Cheers

Quite possibly Ozscott, I'm glad I'm relatively dwarfish at 5'10 and a half and don't have to do the mod

Thanks for the input. I'll look into it a little further. I'm going to have to do something.

Jazzman, let us know how you get on mate.