Seat heater repair success?

[ccohen5]

I have discovered by the process of elimination that the part number I
supplied with this request is for the post 92, pre 97 A6 and A6 Quattro.
Will not work with the 44 series cars.

Thanks all for your help.

Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt at buckeye-express.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:18 AM
Subject: Seat heater repair success?


|
| Two years ago, after reading everything in the archives, I took apart 4
| front seats and found  at least two breaks in each seat element. I then
| twisted and soldered each break. None of the repairs is functional today.
| Right away, each seat developed hot spots at the repair points, and the
| heating elements failed soon after.
|
| The hot spots were so hot that you would want to remove your hand after a
| short period of testing.
|
| My conclusion/hypothesis was that the Nichrome(?)resistance wire didn't
| take well to soldering, and some form of twisting/crimping/clamping alone
| would have been a better way to try doing the repairs.
|
| I'd like to hear from people who have repaired (not replaced) seat heaters
| and have had them work without hot spots for long periods after the
repair.
| There is adequate information about taking out the seats and getting off
| the seat covers, and getting them back on again. But I don't remember much
| about reports of long-term survival after the repair attempts.
|
|
|
|  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
| At 07:26 AM 3/13/2002 -0700, you wrote:
| >I am trying to replace a seat heater and have been offered this part #
| >4A0963555B.  I cannot get my family Bible to recognize this #.
| >
| >I want to use it on seat and back rest of a SQ in case my soldering
| >abilities cannot match the element breakage I expect to find.
| >
| >Anyone?
| >
| >Colin
|