Power seats

[87boostedbuick]

Wondering if anyone has put power seats into a car without power seats just wondering where you got the power from my friend is wanting to put power seats in his car but I'm a little lost with the wiring any help would be great thanks guys

 

[blackazz]

I did this in my 86 GN.Added power to the passenger side bucket.All I did was splice the orange wire black stripe under the drivers seat,an placed a ground everything works.

 

[87boostedbuick]

Ah I'm just not sure where to take the power from this car never had power seats

 

[Nick Micale]

Way up under the dash, near the VIN plate, is a power strip that is always hot, not switched.

This is where the factory ran the power, a 10 ga. wire, under the carpet to the seat motor connector.

 

[m233roller]

Yup and it's a bitch to get to, just about have to stand on your head but it's there. Most guys don't even know it's there.

 

[toofastforyou]

I've installed both power seats in my GN and I did the best I could for a correct "factory-looking" installation. Below are some links that I hope will help you:

-->For the driver side, see post #3 in here: http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/threads/hook-up-for-power-seat.109822/#post-755109

and

-->For the passenger side, see post #1 in here: http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/th...at-installation-complete.219011/#post-1581735

and last

-->Here (post #5) about reversing the connections at the switch on the passenger side so everything moves in the right direction: http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/threads/right-side-power-seat.144904/#post-100537

These posts should answer most of your questions, but if you need more answers, just ask, it'll be my pleasure...

hope this helps,

Claude.

 

[Nick Micale]

Yup and it's a bitch to get to, just about have to stand on your head but it's there. Most guys don't even know it's there.

That is because most old guys like us have not had LOTS of GN's apart, and then put back together again, and we are about done "standing on our heads"!

Cannot believe I have half a dozen customer GN's here to get work done after 25 years of doing this, they keep coming?

 

[87boostedbuick]

Wow thanks guys for all the replays it's a huge help thanks again and happy New Years everyone