gregeast

You're welcome to borrow mine. I was able to repair the pads on my kids E36's, happy to help if you want to give that a go.

OEMTim

That may work. I'm hoping that when I take it apart I'll see that the wire simply broke and I can repair it.

gregeast

That's all I did. Checked continuity with a DVM to confirm the break. In my case you could see burn marks where the wire broke. Both times it was at the base of the seat where the heater wire goes to the connector. I think every time it gets sat on that wire flexes and eventually gives way. I was able to peel back the insulation, stretch the wire a bit and resolder, so far so good after 12 months.

OEMTim

Nice. I may reupholster the bottom while I'm at it. Passenger seat and rear seats are all in great condition.

gregeast

Breakfast burrito - $3.00
Outside air temperature - 48 F
Seat heaters set on 'stun' rather than 'BBQ' - Priceless

docwyte

Yeah, but you couldn't warm up your burrito on the passenger seat!

MM951

Any chance the photos for this diy are floating around anywhere? I've had heated 964 seats with this dial installed in my car for 10 years now and it's time to wire these up.

Tia
Mike

gregeast

Let me look on my old pc tonight, I think they might still be on there.

rickb20

Wow! Talk about resurrecting a thread! But, this was an awesome one to bring back. Any idea what happened to the original photos?

gregeast

Updated this with as many pictures as I could find, hope it helps

rickb20

Old thread revival - pointing another P-car owner to this thread. Is this the same switch you used Greg?


Image from a 928 heated seat

gregeast

Yessir, I believe that is the one.