5K Hot Seat

[Brian Devlin]

We are talking about the rear, ya? Is the battery + terminal properly
covered? Maybe its in contact with something metal in the seat?
Perhaps the heating element? Is this answer vague enough?
-Brian

>I got an odd problem with my 86 5KTQW.  The right passenger seat gets
>hot, the bottom part.  Not too bad at first especially on cold days, but
>after 30 min or so it starts to get unpleasant.  I've checked the
>battery, and all is well and cool there.  The only other thing I can
>think of is a bad connection in the seat belt switch inside the seat.  A
>bit hard to get to, as it seems to be buried in the foam of the seat.
>
>Any BTDT before I tear the foam up?
>
>TIA