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(Message started by: DJWerkz on Jun 20^th, 2007, 8:41am)

Title: Heated Seat Upgrade
Post by DJWerkz on Jun 20^th, 2007, 8:41am

I have a non-heated seat optioned car but have been offered an interior with heated front seats.

Apart from the obvious changes such as swapping the bezel around the handbrake for the switches, what will I need in the way of the loom?

I have had my centre section and dash out in the past and I do not recall seeing any spare cabling/connections. Anyone know how and what the switches connect up to?

Title: Re: Heated Seat Upgrade
Post by Matt on Jun 20^th, 2007, 5:25pm

hi DJ,

the loom shold be there, it may be tooked under the carpet under the front passangers seat,

Aux fuse box
fuse number 43: also works the cigar lighter so should be there but my need uprating

Under the center console (handbrake cover)
R29 - yellow relay

should be it i think

Title: Re: Heated Seat Upgrade
Post by sector-9 on Jun 20^th, 2007, 11:46pm

There was a similar thread about a month ago to do with wiring in electric/heated seats where only manual ones were fitted. Trying looking back through posts as it was covered in some detail.

Darren

Title: Re: Heated Seat Upgrade
Post by Simmo on Jun 21^st, 2007, 5:46am

Have a look at THIS. (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Advice;action=display;num=1178658879;start=5#5). May be this is what Darren is thinking of.

Title: Re: Heated Seat Upgrade
Post by Snoopy on Jun 21^st, 2007, 7:09am

If you get Heated seats then you also need the additional wiring loom that goes into the centre consul. THAT has the wiring for the switches and relay and replaces the loom you have ATM from just infront of the passenger seat. It just plugs in and replaces it. Makes the job a whole lot easier. You do need to remove the centre consul to do it but with the seats OUT that is very easy.

Title: Re: Heated Seat Upgrade
Post by sector-9 on Jun 21^st, 2007, 10:49pm

One caveat - the heated seat relay under the centre console is switched when the ignition is at position I. My car didn't have a wire for this function on the multiplug under the passenger seat, however, it did have one which was live with ignition at position II. I just moved this wire to the correct position on one of the plugs so now the relay is on whenever the ignition is.

Darren

Title: Re: Heated Seat Upgrade
Post by DJWerkz on Jun 22^nd, 2007, 1:18am

on 06/21/07 at 22:49:29, sector-9 wrote:

I just moved this wire to the correct position on one of the plugs so now the relay is on whenever the ignition is.

Darren

Can you explain what you meant by this? Not really clear on which wire you moved and to which position on what plug?!!
Thanks.

Title: Re: Heated Seat Upgrade
Post by Matt on Jun 22^nd, 2007, 9:01pm

DJ,

this any good to you
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-SCORPIO-CENTRE-CONSOL-WITH-SWITCHES_W0QQitemZ180130549495QQihZ008QQcategoryZ21654QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Title: Re: Heated Seat Upgrade
Post by DJWerkz on Jun 22^nd, 2007, 11:56pm

Hi Matt,

Thanks for thinkng of me but not required as I would be getting this from the car with the heated seats interior. ;)

Title: Re: Heated Seat Upgrade
Post by sector-9 on Jun 23^rd, 2007, 11:04pm

There may not be the wire present in the multiplug under the carpet to switch the relay on. If there isn't you can either run a new wire to the back of the radio (it doesn't draw much current), or use one of the existing but unused wires in the multiplug. This is the method I used but obviously those wires are in the wrong 'hole' in the connector as they aren't designed to power this relay - you'll need to switch it to the corresponding hole on the centre console loom for it to work.

Darren