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#1 |
regretting name change
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Portland
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![]() Both my power seat switch boxes are more junk than not. I already pulled them and installed manual seats from a 740, but the stitching/patterns don't match, the leather is harder, etc. Can I remove the power bracket assemblies and bolt my old seats to the manual rails?
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#2 |
Board Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SF Bay area
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![]() I think the best is to move the covers/cushions you want, to the manual frames.
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#3 |
Devoid of Luxury
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: SoCal Rat-Racer/Douche/Rich Puke Playground, Formerly Pacific Wonderland
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![]() I did this once using 91 740 manual frames with the 940 covers.
Need the seatbelt/pocket trim in your color/year range but it works. Time consuming but no more miserable power seats. |
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#4 |
Board Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
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![]() I've got a 945 with the same issue. In thinking about it, aren't there two ways to address this problem?
One way (the more commonly discussed one) is to take the seat foams and covers from the power seats and move them to the manual seat frame. And that would make sense if you have motors that aren't working. But if it's just the switches that have crapped out (as is the case with my car), wouldn't I be able to replace the poorly designed Volvo switches with a better set of switches. Electronics supply on-line sources would certainly have more robust and reliable switches, and I could make a plate to have them sit where the original POS switches were. Anyone out there ever done this? And yes, I know I'd still have the heavy power seats, but having the ability to have the seat recline on long trips is my goal. They're very comfortable seats and the leather is still in good shape, just that they have OEM switches that break if you look at them the wrong way. |
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#5 |
regretting name change
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Portland
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![]() That sounds horrible. Is there a good write up on this?
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#6 |
Kapitän Klugscheißer
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Varies
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![]() I just happened to see this thread; have been looking for one myself so I'd definitely say I'm in the same boat as you gents. I just flat out don't like power seats, it's annoying once the motors age and die / bind up on half of the actual seating positions on the rail.
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holstrich 2.0
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin TX
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Isaac ![]() 1995 940 Turbo: 531 head, Holset HE351 @ 20 psi, Emusa External Wastegate w/screamer, Mild Steel Header, 4" Downpipe, Ostrich Emulator, IPD Turbo Cam, TTR Cam Gear, Big Piping and Intercooler, 3" Exhaust, V8 T5 soon, Synapse Synchronic BOV, AEM Wideband, 18" Pegasus, B&G Springs, Billy HD's, Chassis Bracing, Sumimoto HTR ZIII 225/40/18 |
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#8 |
18 bricks and counting
![]() Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Portland, OR
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![]() If you need the storage bin/outboard seat cover for these manual seats, I have a really nice set in gray available!
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