Power Seat wiring questions and ideas

[PUMASTi]

Ok as some of you may know, I have black leather power seats in my car, at the moment they are in a fixed state since I haven't been able to make the power features fully functional.

What my question is, how can I make the seats work using the original switches on the side? When I installed them I cut all the wires that power the motors to be able to adjust it to my comfort level.

There's a ton of wiring in there that I have no idea what its for, memory feature maybe? Or perhaps relays?, I know what wires move the motors(a total of 3), for height, front/back and tilt features.

The way they work is when one side gets power and the other one ground it would move one way, and if the polarity is reversed it moves the other way.

I know some relays will be involved in this and I'm sure they are already in there I just want to get some input and advise on how to go about wiring everything.

If any more information is needed don't hesitate to ask, I'll be as descriptive as possible and will try and provide pictures.

Thanks in advance.

JC.

[deevergote]

Whay car are they from?

The best thing to do is get a good manual that shows detailed wiring diagrams. Figure out what the wires are and what they do. Once you know that, wiring should be easy enough to do.

[PUMASTi]

They came off an Acura Legend, lol I thought you knew that deev.

I have no idea what year Legend they came out of though, a guy from work gave them to me for free and I haven't seen him around since he got promoted lol.

I've searched all over for diagrams for the Legend but have found nothing on the actual seats.

[cp[mike]]

can you just reconnect the motors to the wiring, or did you ditch the control stuff? since seats are removable the control wiring should be pretty self contained i think, as long as you provide it power. though im not sure because i dont have experience with them. i would try to find the OEM helms manual somewhere, they are sometimes stashed away on the internet (p2p?)

[deevergote]

Eh, I know people... I forget their cars.


A Helms manual will have the wiring for sure. I'm guessing they're from the last generation Legend, as the earlier ones were pretty old to have power seats (though Honda did put some interesting stuff in those...)

First step, find out where they're from exactly. Second, find a diagram for it.


I'm not much of an electrical guy, though... I turn to Mike here when I have questions

[PUMASTi]

I can reconnect the motors to the wiring in there with no problem, that leaves me with a bunch of plugs lol, I don't want to try and run power to the plugs and fry something. Maybe if I find a legend in the junkyard I can see if there's more to it under the carpet or something?

I'll try finding a helms manual somewhere. I just wanted to see if I can get some ideas before starting to take out the seats. (Pretty cold outside lol)

Worst case scenario though wouldn't I be able to make them work with relays.

[cp[mike]]

Worst case scenario though wouldn't I be able to make them work with relays.

absolutely. wiring them up OEM would be easier

[PUMASTi]

Got it.

Thanks to both of you Mikes. I'll be hitting the scrap yard this week I saw a few legends there I'll see if there's more to the wiring.

And meanwhile back to searching for the diagrams.

[deevergote]

Someone provided a link to access Shopkey on here somewhere... not sure if it's still active, but it might be worth a shot.

[PUMASTi]

Someone provided a link to access Shopkey on here somewhere... not sure if it's still active, but it might be worth a shot.

Hasn't been active for months lol.

[acchonda]

I think I saw a plug for power seats in my car underneath the carpet. Cant say for sure but might save you some wiring time if you can find out what the wires do.

[cp[mike]]

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=119920

[PUMASTi]

Lol he pmd me, we spoke a while back about this, he definitely went the extra mile. And after me searching I found the diagrams he posted yesterday but he just made my life easier lol.

The reason why I actually want to get this done now is because my wife is bothering me since her car got stolen and she can't reach the pedals on mine.