Re: [MBZ] power seat question 1983 300SD

2006-12-03 Thread kevin kraly
The drive cable ends have a tendency to come loose from the housing which lets the square drive end of the spiral disengage from the hub. What can be done about this? Is it threaded and simply needs to be retightened to bring the end back into the hub? I haven't mounted the seat yet, so I ca

Re: [MBZ] power seat question 1983 300SD

2006-12-02 Thread Hans Neureiter
The drive cable ends have a tendency to come loose from the housing which lets the square drive end of the spiral disengage from the hub. On 12/1/06, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know how Benz cables work, but on my old Caddy convertible top, a motor drives the gears through

Re: [MBZ] power seat question 1983 300SD

2006-12-01 Thread Rich Thomas
I don't know how Benz cables work, but on my old Caddy convertible top, a motor drives the gears through cables that run through spiral wound housings. One of these cables got a little kink in it, bound up in the housing, and it was no good. Might be what has happened to yours? Or maybe wha

[MBZ] power seat question 1983 300SD

2006-12-01 Thread kevin kraly
Well, I finally got the power seat connector on the new passenger's seat wired up properly and plugged it into the car. The forward/backward function worked at first, but now, the drive cable seems to slip, and the seat is stuck. Has anyone torn into the drive cables and successfully gotten t