wiring in electric seats

[yogi]

How difficult is it to wire in electric seats where manual adjust ones were fitted before?

 

[AndycruiserguyLomas]

Usually the wiring is in place but it does depend on the year. AFAIK electric seats came in 92/93? if yours is older then an examine under the seat may be necessary.

Andy

 

[yogi]

Ok, and what am I looking for Andy?

Mine is a 1991 HDJ81.

Is there one plug is basically what I'm asking, or is there a separate one for each motor?

 

[AndycruiserguyLomas]

There is one plug, mine has 5 wires. It has heated and electrically operated seats now but they were heated manually operated ones. The question is, are your seats heated, if so there will be a cable coming out of the carpet under the seat which connects to a plug under the base. I cannot categorically say that they will be there on such an early Cruiser if it didnt have heated seats and if it did then if you have 5 wires in your plug you should be ok for power to the seat motors.
Hope this helps.

Andy

 

[yogi]

It appears not to have it Andy!

Surely though if its just a five pin plug then one a ground and the other 4 are 3 for the motors and 1 for the seat heater?

If so couldn't you link into the feed for rear heater?

Just typing and thinking here, so stop me if I am raving!!

 

[joinerman]

This was mine under my leather leccy seats, a 94 btw

 

[AndycruiserguyLomas]

TBH Yogi I dont know if its that simple, it may be but knowing Toyota it wont be. You may need a lump of loom, I don't know. If you want seat heaters you will need the 2 position switches that fit in the centre console and since they have 2 settings the wiring may be more complicated than just one/on/off.
Its about as much help as I can give at present. Any more help others may have an answer.

Andy

 

[warrenpfo]

I am yet to look but in a similar boat. I hope to pickup a set of grey leather heated seats soon and transplant them into my brown cloth interior which is a 1994 jap import with manual seats but they are heated.

I will take a look for you as need/want to sound proof the front half of the car do need to get the seats out anyway. I hope yo do this over the bank holiday so will let you know what I find.

 

[Towpack]

The main loom certainly changed in '95 with the facelift. It was generic to all models, even those without seat heaters and adjustment but additional 'sub-looms' were required for the instal and connection of electric seats. If a vehicle pre-dates the introduction of electric seating then it almost certainly won't have the required wiring.

 

[warrenpfo]

Can someone help me make head of this diagram please. I am trying to find the ground and live



No worries I have it as I was looking at it from the wrong side.

I now have a working power seat.

 

[Dave2000]

I would guess the heater wiring may not carry the amperage to operate the seat motors, with regards to the seat heaters they draw a lot of juice so again amps may be an issue using the heater wiring. I would add, my car has cloth manual seats, apparently it was an option instead of electric leather? The heaters are there as is the electric lumbar support, I originally would have liked leather but found they are either cold in winter and burny bum in the summer, cloth fits the bill all round so I am happy with them. I added that info in case you go loom hunting, you might stumble across a vehicle with no seats and end up with wiring that does not suit electric leather, now at least you know there are alternative looms.

regards

Dave

 

[warrenpfo]

FYI its plug and play on my car. I also have the electric heated seats and lumbar support cloth variety and comparing the wiring its a perfect match.

One seat in and three more to go once i have given them a clean. They are just that much more comfortable than cloth for me even if they are going to get seat covers on them as soon as i land in SA.

 

[Saulens4x4]

Does anybody have electric, leather seats for sale? I want to change my standart vx seats

 

[Saulens4x4]

Can anybody help me to find a leather seats in UK?

 

[stumog]

Karl is your man.

 

[Saulens4x4]

Karl is your man.

Can you give me his contacts?

 

[karl webster]

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