Seat troubleshooting help!

[turbobooster]

Finally getting to repair my seat motor not sure what it is though the solenoid or the transmission or both , the transmission is broke in different areas where I'm confused and don't know is how the solenoid will spin one way but not the other way at times , when I hit the button one way it will spin but when I go reverse it won't engage at all or sometimes it will I definitely need to replace the transmission ( the orange looking piece ) but my question is if my solenoid is bad ? Should it spin every time I hit any of my three button on the seat no matter what ?


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[SHADOWII]

Just a suggestion, did you first make sure the switches are good? They may be like the window switches, in that they have the tendency to go out first. There may also be a thermal switch on the motor pack to disconnect if too much current is drawn. Not that familiar w/.the system, just offering ideas. I have an 86 version setting under my work bench that is missing some small parts that I intend one day to install on my 87, but never really looked at it.

 

[turbobooster]

I haven't checked the switches I figured they were fine since they worked awhile back before that plastic thing thats underneath broke ..... But how would I check the switches?


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[turbobooster]

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[SHADOWII]

Sorry, I'm doing taxes and just taking a break. I don't know how to put pic's up, so I will try and identify the color and purpose of the wires.
There are 3 plugs on the 86 : Note: each motor contains a self resetting cir. brkr.
org/blk=12vdc from power acc. c/breaker(enters from the left power seat switch) supplies ppow to all 3 switches
Pins on the left are from the seat sw. and pins on the right are the motor pins(A & B)
(D-pin) lt.green= "forward" sw.(B-pin) Connector#3
(E-pin)tan="back"sw.(A-pin)

(B)Lt..blue="rear height" (B)Connector #1
(A)yellow="rear height"(A)

(H)Dk.Blue="front height"(B)Connector #2
(G)Dk.Green="front height"(A)
(C)Black=Ground
Hope this helps. W/Batt disconnected you can check continuity thru the sw.'s or w/ batt. connected you can ck for 12vdc.
The c/b's should have taken power away before the gear box gave up the ghost. the gears or the track may have been binding and locked it up, breaking/dislocating a shaft(s) or gear(s).