Re: Battery (archive)

Sorry, Bryan - I was assuming you had power seats, and that's why I said charge the battery across the earth strap and the jumpstart post. You SHOULD be able to get access to the earth strap WITHOUT removing the seat if you are lucky - look on the front of the rear seat, on your passengers side - remove the little plastic cover with the single screw, the heavy lead behind it should the the battery earth strap. Undo from the stud, pull out & connect to -ve of charger WHITOUT getting the body in on the contact; then +ve charger to the jumpstart post.

Remember you can use lighter leads if you want & are VERY careful - unless you short-circuit the battery the wires are only carrying the charging current.

Other alternative is to follow these instructions for the seat removal ex Bentleys - seems like they don't need power to be removed...

- Pull front cushion up & out of clip
- remove seat control knobs & remove trim screws behind them
- pull up seat belt lock trims & remove from seat belt locks
- pull off door edge seal at bottom rear corner of door. Tilt door edge trim outward & remove.
- unbolt &remove seat belt locks
lift front of seat cushion, sliding seat tracks off body anchors & unhooking locating rods from backrest
- detach electrical wiring harness & lift cushion out of car

>>> installation is reverse of removal, but watch:
- guide seat cushion locating rods into backrest holes
- guide seat tracks into body anchors on floor

Any Idea how to get the power seat out? cause I can't charge the battery to get power to the seats to move them cause when I put the charger on the car it makes a very loud humming nois and I can feel the current of the charger in the front doors when I put my hand on them.

Follow Ups:

Re: Battery Bryan Garner 08:59 6/11/2001 (2)
- You don't need to move the seat to pull it out, it helps but is not required guysimpson 21:48 6/11/2001 (1)
  - Re: You don't need to move the seat to pull it out Bryan Garner 11:23 6/12/2001 (0)

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