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Title: Got my leather seats working!!
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 20 February 2007, 17:54:23: Thought I'd have a play tonight, at getting the leather seats to work. I followed Jaime's diagram, and hey presto, drivers seat springs into life!!

Lovely... I should be able to fit it all in tomorrow.... ;D
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Post by: Bo Bo on 20 February 2007, 18:07:14: God job :y
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Post by: MaxV6 on 20 February 2007, 18:25:54: excellent news James..... I was wondering about that.... whether in fact the seller was just too bone idle to check the fuse..... or had already disconnected the 12V feed while ripping something else out....
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Post by: Timbuk on 20 February 2007, 18:46:02: Well done that man ;)
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Post by: STMO123 on 20 February 2007, 18:55:29: Well done again James :y
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Post by: TheBoy on 20 February 2007, 18:57:53: Good news :)

Have you tested if seat heaters work yet?
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Post by: tunnie on 20 February 2007, 20:25:09: excellent news James :y

I was a afraid the onboard seat ECU might have failed like on my project Elite.

I hope to see them fitted on Sat :y
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Post by: TheBoy on 20 February 2007, 20:28:07: Did they clean up OK?
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Post by: Auto Addict on 20 February 2007, 20:59:36: Well done James :y
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Post by: JamesV6CDX on 20 February 2007, 21:46:52: Just found the right cables, put them on the battery, and voila.. it works! Not cleaned them yet :S
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Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 20 February 2007, 22:19:15: Use proper leather cleaner....soap and water dries it out and makes it crack....
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Post by: tunnie on 20 February 2007, 22:28:21: Quote
Use proper leather cleaner....soap and water dries it out and makes it crack....

I have that same stuff you have, not the conditioner though.
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Post by: JamesV6CDX on 20 February 2007, 23:03:14: What's the name of that stuff Mark?

What about soap and water, followed by leather cleaner/conditioner straight away?
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Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 21 February 2007, 08:25:47: This is the stuff I use.....soap and water will just shrink and dry the leather...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LEATHER-SOFA-CHAIR-CLEANER-CONDITIONER-RESTORER_W0QQitemZ250071004694QQihZ015QQcategoryZ38210QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

Or, buy some of the disposable wipes from the super market, they dont clean as well as the stuff above but are better than soap and water.
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Post by: theolodian on 21 February 2007, 12:03:23: You can use soap, but only saddle soap. As many horses as there are around here you ought to be able to find it, but car leather stuff is fine too. If it's been a while then conditioner is important.
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Post by: JamesV6CDX on 21 February 2007, 13:14:59: DARN BLOODY BUGGER SH*TBAGS %"£$%"^ !!!

Just ripped out my cloth interior, fitted the leather. Back is all in and OK - front seat - out OK - went to fit the leather one.. it lines up Ok, but because the runners are different, it means the bolts for the rear are too short :'(
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Post by: TheBoy on 21 February 2007, 13:16:37: Quote
DARN BLOODY BUGGER SH*TBAGS %"£$%"^ !!!

Just ripped out my cloth interior, fitted the leather. Back is all in and OK - front seat - out OK - went to fit the leather one.. it lines up Ok, but because the runners are different, it means the bolts for the rear are too short :'(
Did Tunnie not give you drivers seat bolts (we didn't have the others)?
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Post by: JamesV6CDX on 21 February 2007, 13:20:39: lemme go look, if I could get three bolts in the seats, I'd driver carefully to the dealer for some more...
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Post by: nixoro on 21 February 2007, 13:21:28: How many of the longer bolts do you have

I ended up using the shorter ones for the front and longer ones for the back

Worked a treat

Hope this makes sense :y