power leather seats...and burnouts question

[STSJayDub]

Hello all, good to be back.

Im purchasing some power leather seats from a wrecked explorer, and was wondering what I would have to do to get them to work? A family freind owns an electronic wiring business, so I know he can do it. I just dont want to sound like an idiot and make it seem harder or easier than it would be. Any help would be appreciated...thanks


Also, i recently learned to do burnoutws and make my tires smoke and such....I was wondering if this can cause any kind of damage? I know it wears the tires down, and I figure it probably wears the brakes to, but is that all? Or can it cause major damage?

 

[section525]

This may help with the seats. It's not going to be any harder than this at least!

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85006

 

[STSJayDub]

owww....that made my head hurt....id rather pay someone to put em in for me....lol

 

[huskyfan23]

But are these memory seats? It'll be a direct bolt-in and the seats just need a 12v and ground.

 

[Mbrooks420]

Like Huskyfan said normal power seats aren't hard. Less difficult than wiring an amp. Are you Holding the brakes and giving the truck gas to burn out? I wouldn't say that they are any good for it, but lots of, or extended burnouts aren't good for an anemic transmission. If your going to beat on it like this I'd change the fluid often.

 

[Brian_B]

Power braking one is rough on a trans. Its also rough on the entire driveline. U-joints are the weak link usually.

Also consider thats its illegal. You can get a hazardous or wreckless driving ticket (something like that) for it. Thats expensive.

 

[techieman33]

And it does wear the tires a lot, and often times they get really chewed up on extended burnouts. It shouldn't do any serious damage to the car, as long as you don't do it often, or for any long periods of time. But you never can say for sure, it's always a chance you take.

 

[Brian_B]

We all know he is only doing this occasionally at the race track or at car shows in burn out contests. Its completely legal too.

 

[techieman33]

Yeah, it's fun, and you know, i've um... never done burnouts in things like parking lots, and made grooves in the asphalt. nope, never done anything like that, that would be bad.

 

[STSJayDub]

yea I only do burnouts every now and then...for at the most like 10 seconds...usually only 2 or 3. Thats not 2 bad is it? I need a new tranny anyways. My new engine doesnt like my 200000 mile old tranny


And for the seats, if thats all, I probably wont even need help. Has anyone done a write up so I can see how a little easier maybe?

 

[fastpakr]

If they're just standard power seats, there's nothing to it. I swapped a set of 98 seats into my 94 on Saturday. The drivers side was power, but both had lumbar so they both required running wire. Bolt in was identical, only hardware difference was the seat belt slider was the wrong length, but leaving that undone doesn't affect the belt's strength. As far as the wiring... I pulled the ashtray out and piggybacked a set of power and ground wires from the cigarette lighter harness, running them under the carpet and out through a hole under the drivers seat. For the passenger seat, I did the exact same except that I piggybacked onto the new drivers side wires to minimize the extra wiring that had to be parked behind the ashtray.

 

[Mbrooks420]

10 second burnouts and you are well on your way to the new tranny. Be warned tho, these a4ld family trannies usually don't rebuild well, and are often rebuilt several times after the first.

 

[Brian_B]

If he has an A4LD it is not advisable at all. Ford rebuilt mine once and I had to rebuild mine 2 times before I junked it for a C5. Now thats a tough trans (for an automatic).

 

[Mbrooks420]

It's not an A4ld, but the 5r55e is still anemic.

 

[vaderss]

As far as the wiring... I pulled the ashtray out and piggybacked a set of power and ground wires from the cigarette lighter harness, running them under the carpet and out through a hole under the drivers seat. For the passenger seat, I did the exact same except that I piggybacked onto the new drivers side wires to minimize the extra wiring that had to be parked behind the ashtray.

Just wanted to thank fastpakr for this. It made the wiring job on the seat change I did for my girlfriend a cinch. I put some 2001 Explorer Sport seats in my gf's '94 sport. Her driver's side seatback had broken, and the bottom cushion was shot as well. Figured I'd put the newest seats I could find in it, and these bolted right in. Feels like a new vehicle with the newer seats.