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Austin, I've been looking at newer trucks 2016+ (lots of wrecks available) with cloth bench seats, manual. Been curious on how much work it will take to get them to work. I rather like the bench seats in my 2020 dodge 1500 classic work truck. My 2010/2016 has individual buckets and a console (which I'm not a fan of). Too fancy for my ram family beater. My kid uses the 01 for daily.
Curious on what you do for the engine and transmission?
Wouldn't be hard at all I did 04 seats in a buddies 01 and I just made 90° brackets that bolt in the factory holes on the floor and then allow you to bolt to the 3rd gen seats.
Engine is being run completely off of the Hemi PCM. The transmission will be a manual but you do can easily wire in the TCM for the Auto, which I might do if I want the 8spd auto.
So we got some nice weather and I figured I'd install my heated/power seats. Now my truck has come with everything offered from the factory (except the sunroof but that is going to change )
I never really cared for sunroofs. Blinds me when the sun is at certain angles, and they always leak......
First thing I'm getting is the new cushions and covers (going to try eBay cushions ). I have to see if I can get the heating pad for the passenger side as it was completely gone.
So I had one motor on each power seat not work. So I decided to fix them today as it was nice out. Here is the motors
Going left from right you have: Rear seat up/down, Seat forward/backwards, and finally front seat up/down. Now on this passenger side the rear would go up or down. So too remove the motor you unplug it and remove these two torx screws
Then the arm will swing up (towards the roof) out of the way and you can remove it but I left it in place (didn't get a picture but here's the arm and where the arm will pivot)
Now to take apart the motor there are either 2 philips or 8mm screws. Now my problem was the armature and brushed were dirty I cleaned them and it worked! Now when you go to put it together put the armature on the contract side first because you have to push the brushes back for it to seat (you'll see they are on springs). Mine even had a chunk missing and it still worked. You can try this and it may say you $80 for the motor.
That's nice work, most folks would just squeal about the cost/unavailability of the (Chinese) replacements.
The old mechanic I worked for when I was a kid in the '80s rebuilt starters, alternators, generators, because that's how life had been in the '40s-'60s Montana. Had a test bench and armature lathe, probably some other tools you couldn't find today if you tried. He (and his son) are the reason I always try to look at current supply/grounds/voltages before I throw electrical parts at anything.
That's nice work, most folks would just squeal about the cost/unavailability of the (Chinese) replacements.
The old mechanic I worked for when I was a kid in the '80s rebuilt starters, alternators, generators, because that's how life had been in the '40s-'60s Montana. Had a test bench and armature lathe, probably some other tools you couldn't find today if you tried. He (and his son) are the reason I always try to look at current supply/grounds/voltages before I throw electrical parts at anything.
I grew up on a farm, do you fixed everything you could because one we were cheap and two posts were so far away. I dug into it and fixed it my dad has a armature lathe and taught me the basics of cooper windings and the magnetic field.
I found replacements but they were about $90 a piece (rebuilt in the USA) but shipping and everything I was into over $200. I figured screw that lol. Plus might help someone in the future who has a problem. Next I'm going to tear off the back rest cover and see if I can't get the lumbar working