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20th September 2016, 16:18 | #21 |
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That's a fantastic write-up!
I wish it had existed when I fitted heated/electric seats to my car, as I went down the 'take a damn loom out of a donor car' route... I can confirm that it's a complete pain & seemed to need most of the interior & dash removing... I ended up modifying my colossal loom anyway, to make re-installation easier. Also, I didn't fancy a stuck seat-switch flattening the battery or starting a fire... So I ran the live feed from a 12v supply that comes on with the ignition. Questions: Anyway, my seats are the non-memory type. If I wanted to fit a memory driver's seat, would I need to convert the system so that it's always on, with a permeant live supply? I would assume that the memory bit needs a permanent live, or is that taken care of by the K Bus link? (I'd guess not, as it seem the K Bus link wire is optional). Would the memory be retained if just the memory part had a permanent live?
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20th September 2016, 19:14 | #22 | |
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It is a bit of a mission to remove the original loom isn't it? I couldn't believe how far back I had to remove the dash in order to get to the loom and still I had to cut it from one end and pull it through on the other as it was just impossible to get to. I'm not too sure what the answer is to your question unfortunately. I believe the OEM set up had a permanent live powering the memory function on the drivers seat. Do you know if the loom you fitted included the wiring for the memory function on the seats? If so it may be worth trying out a memory seat and see if it works. |
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As it was a scrap donor car, (MY scrap donor car! ) cutting carpet & removing dash, centre console & a whole heap more was hardly an issue. The seats were out anyway as they were going into my car. (I also learned the hard way that you need to keep them powered to unbolt them from the floor!). Quote:
It wouldn't be the end of the world to run a couple of extra wires to power-up the memory, (I'd need the additional connector anyway) & if the cars came from the factory with the seats wired to a permanent live, they must've been fairly sure that my concerns about fire & flat batteries aren't really an issue!
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Not sure which pins in the main black 8 pin plug are for the memory function apart from pin 6 which is the K-bus. I guess you could use my wiring diagram to work out which wires you require that are missing . The later cars were wired to permanent live, as my dad's 04 plate 75 has factory fitted electric memory seats which can be operated without the key in the ignition |
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Apologies for the blurry first pic, didn't realise it took it blurry. There is a K-Bus wire within the wires going into the back of the LSM. I tapped into this and wired it up to pin 6, and it works perfectly. I can now set programmed seat settings and it works just like the OEM set up with the chime noises |
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10th February 2017, 22:46 | #27 |
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no problem it's not too bad to do, much easier than trying to extract an original factory loom from another car and then fitting it to your own
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wired up my seats, they work great thanks, but the connectors for the airbag were different so i had to cut the old connector off and wire in the new one ,now i have an airbag fault warning light on my dash any advice would be appreciated
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the airbag connections changed on later cars so mki vs mkii airbag connectors are different. The airbag light is probably on due to one of the collections under the seats which you've had to wire in. Check the wiring there to make sure they all have good connections
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18th February 2017, 21:58 | #30 |
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thanks rick will do, might just bypass the connectors and hardwire them
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