Tried out my heated seats today after fitting my uprated thermostats,and repairing two broken wires.
Ive now got a nice ass toaster to sit on,perfect weather for it too :flame:
Anyway,for those who havent done a seat repair before,here are a few pics that i couldnt find when researching this job.
First pic is of a long nose plier angled at 45degree that opens up those nasty hog rings with ease
And here's a pic of the cable ties i used, instead of the hog rings.
I cant feel the cable ties when sitting on the seat now.
This next pic is of the new and old thermostat i replaced.
The lower one is the new one,and note that the upper part (that i'm pointing to with a screw driver)got cut off as it was just a mounting bracket from the look of it.Also if left there,it would have touched both sides bypassing the bi-metallic strip inside the unit !
And here is the thermostat placed in the seat.
I had to dig a bit extra foam out as it was a couple mm higher than the old one.
Note that i only made a narrow cut in the thin material that covers the heater coils/cable,as i didnt want all the rest of the zig zag of cable springing out.
Here you can see where the cable tends to break, in the crease of the seat near the front.
Again i only lifted up a small amount of the thin covering material,in order to repair the break.
And this is after cutting out the broken and fraid seat cable,and soldering in some new stuff. This is slightly thicker and longer,then heat sink applied over the joins.
Hopefully these photo's may come in use for those about to have a go at this job for the first time.
p.s. I also had to repair a break in the upright squab/back rest.
So check for continuity in both base seat and upright before starting.
Ive now got a nice ass toaster to sit on,perfect weather for it too :flame:
Anyway,for those who havent done a seat repair before,here are a few pics that i couldnt find when researching this job.
First pic is of a long nose plier angled at 45degree that opens up those nasty hog rings with ease
And here's a pic of the cable ties i used, instead of the hog rings.
I cant feel the cable ties when sitting on the seat now.
This next pic is of the new and old thermostat i replaced.
The lower one is the new one,and note that the upper part (that i'm pointing to with a screw driver)got cut off as it was just a mounting bracket from the look of it.Also if left there,it would have touched both sides bypassing the bi-metallic strip inside the unit !
And here is the thermostat placed in the seat.
I had to dig a bit extra foam out as it was a couple mm higher than the old one.
Note that i only made a narrow cut in the thin material that covers the heater coils/cable,as i didnt want all the rest of the zig zag of cable springing out.
Here you can see where the cable tends to break, in the crease of the seat near the front.
Again i only lifted up a small amount of the thin covering material,in order to repair the break.
And this is after cutting out the broken and fraid seat cable,and soldering in some new stuff. This is slightly thicker and longer,then heat sink applied over the joins.
Hopefully these photo's may come in use for those about to have a go at this job for the first time.
p.s. I also had to repair a break in the upright squab/back rest.
So check for continuity in both base seat and upright before starting.
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