1987 5000 Seats
 

I just bought some power seats out of the aforementioned 87 5000, and I need to wire them up, what with the manual seats I have right now. Does anyone have a wiring diagram, or suggestions on where I could get one? How friendly are auto repair places when it comes to letting their repair manuals get copied? Thanks, I am kind of scared about the amount of wires coming from these seats.

RE: 1987 5000 Seats
 

If the seats are anything like the ones on my 91 100Q then you are in for some job. The seats have a computer that enables you to save up to 4 memory settings. Press a button and watch the seat move by itself.

Most shops won't let you open the cellophane wrapper forget about copying the manual. A Haynes manual might be a cheap alternative to the factory. Look on eBay you might find one for cheap.

RE: 1987 5000 Seats
 

OK, so I messed around with them today. I figured out half the wires were for the seat heaters (which don't work any more), so I junked 'em. On the passenger seat, that left two wires, the power and ground, and I managed to get the back to move, but nothing else. I was using a 120VAC to 12VDC converter, and it only put out one amp, so I think it was underpowered. The driver's side was pretty much the same, except for the memory controls. Since I don't have any of that stuff (I guess it's usually in the dash?), I'm going to ignore it, and just run power. We'll see how things run once I hook it to a car battery.

Oh, and what kind of fuse should I be running here? 10 Amp, 20 Amp??? Don't want to go frying the nice new seats, now.

RE: 1987 5000 Seats
 

Same as I offered elsewhere.

Tell me which model it is, I'll scan the schematic and attach to an e-mail, probably half a dozen pages. 84 to 88 Haynes manual schematic.

Cheers,

George

hell, might have to scan the whole electrical part, at this rate.