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Andyp wrote:Blimey Paul, for a camper van that is enormous. There is room for an un-suite in there.
Andyp wrote:Blimey Paul, for a camper van that is enormous. There is room for an un-suite in there.
Wizard9999 wrote:Looking forward to this project, but different to the norm.Andyp wrote:Blimey Paul, for a camper van that is enormous. There is room for an un-suite in there.
what model of transit minibus is it, a long wheel base version?
Terry
9fingers wrote:It might be worth checking with your insurers what their view would be of non standard seats being fitted.
The integrity of seats is a safety issue and there are huge forces on seats in the event of a crash.
Mounting and operation of pretensioners needs to be considered, maybe airbags too.
It was many years ago but when I put extra seating in the back of a Merc 709D, I had to get the design approved by some agency or other - sorry I can't recall which.
Insurance was not an issue as I then worked for a huge company who carried their own insurance risk for all their vehicles.
Bob
RogerS wrote:I'm not 100% sure about that, Bob. On my Discovery I am getting the SRS light coming on intermittently and which I am pretty sure is only down to an intermittent o/c in one of the pre-tensioners. I've been in no accident. Which implies no memory as you are suggesting.
RogerS wrote:Thanks for that heads up, Bob. I did wonder about the MOT. Wonder if there is a separate fuse to the warning light?
Oh balls....just did a quick look at the workshop manual and mine also has a memory. Must find out where the feed is to the SRS light.
Rod wrote:Plug into a Rover wiring loom?
Sorry.
Rod
9fingers wrote:You possibly have adjustments for fore and aft, seat height, lumbar support, heating maybe and detectors for seat occupancy.
9fingers wrote:Are you sure there is no computer? even my 20year old car has several minor microprocessor modules.
Anyway getting expert advice seems a good idea. Connectors will depend on what features the seats have and where the controls were/are. Likely to be a lot more complex than you seem to realise especially if the donor car had things like driver setting memory etc.
You possibly have adjustments for fore and aft, seat height, lumbar support, heating maybe and detectors for seat occupancy. You van might not need all these and you might not need them either but you will need to sort the wood from the trees
A good start would be the wiring diagram for the donor vehicle which should give pin assignments for the connectors.
Bob
Wizard9999 wrote:9fingers wrote:You possibly have adjustments for fore and aft, seat height, lumbar support, heating maybe and detectors for seat occupancy.
I'm not well up on model numbers, etc. but if the seats came from a Range Rover of the same model as my SWMBO's the driver's one will have two seat memories which are linked to the two different keys that went with the car (my key puts seat in position I need, SWMBO's key would move it to her preferred position). The seat also has two different adjustments for the back, basically top half and bottom half of seat back adjust independently, the head rest is another separate electric adjustment, and front and back of seat can be raised / lowered independently as well. If I recall rightly, though I have never used it, I think in addition to lumbar support it also has a massage function.
I have no idea what happens if you don't connect up all of the funtions as electrics are not my thing. But, with the complexity of the functionality of these seats I can see it being a significant challenge if you want to retain all functionality.
Terry.
Andyp wrote:Comfy, Don't know how I have ever managed without a seat that does all that.
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