Non-obvious technique - seat heater repair

[Huw Powell]

I dunno about S6's, though I wouldn't mind some experience, but on the
90 and 5k the power seats are held in at the front with two bolt down
brackets.  They actually hold the non-moving part of the seat frame in
place.  undo them and all the wiring connectors and the seats should
then slide out to the rear just like the old fashioned ones do.

Those brackets will probably have some plastic covers over them whose
removal may not be intuitive, of course.

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/seatmove-90.htm

this file describes my changing the range of seat motion, but it does
have some pix of the mounting brackets which might help you a bit.

> Last winter the driver's seat heater element went south in my '95
> S6.  Well, what with construction of a new home and all that stuff I'm just
> now finding time to attempt a repair.  I finally found a pair of hog ring
> pliers at a local hardware store so I'm ready to start the repair job.
>
> The helpful instructions start with "remove the seat from the
> car".  Ok.  That's great.  Sounds easy.  Remove caps from back of rails and
> the seat just slides out.  Right.  Well, perhaps with manually operated
> seats but not, apparently, with power seats.  I feel like some sort of
> dummy but what's the trick?  BTW, I still haven't found the Bentley
> information.  I continue to look for it but...

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Huw Powell

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