91 500sl seats - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

jubie · #1 04-09-2006, 12:29 PM

Hi , I need some help please , the seats in my 1991 500sl do not work , everytime i try to change the fuse , it pops right away , a short of some kind of course , ............. my questions are ??
how can I take the seat off to check whats wrong ??
is there a way to move the seats by hand ??
since I kind put the seats the way i want by electric , how can I put them where I want manullay ?? and leave them that way ??
thanks

waybomb · #2 04-09-2006, 02:40 PM

A total of 4 screws will take it off.

1) Two large phillips head screws screwed in horizontally, one on each side of the front of the seat bottom. Remove them, pull the seat bottom out.

2) Tilt theseat back forward, two screws near the bottom of the back panel of the seat. Maybe torx or phillips, I don't remember. Take tham off. put the seat back in the normal position. Slide the back seat cushion down and out.

That's it.

jubie · #3 04-09-2006, 05:37 PM

I got the front bottom off , I can't get the back off , and thats what I need to do , I think ???
I want to move the back to recline it backward , The motor is fired , wires are melted , so I guess I'm not going to be using the power seats , so I need to get that seat reclined back ,
oh yeah , how come the fuses still blow on me , I took the motor out , its the passenger side seat , and I can't get the driver side seat to work , it still blows a fuse , thanks for the reply , any other help will be great

tecqboy · #4 04-09-2006, 07:36 PM

This is actually a rather complicated system due to the fact that there is a seat and mirror position memory controller involved. Can you move your rear view and side view mirrors? They are also part of that system.

The screws for the seat back are a bit difficult to locate. But if you get them out, the seat cushion will come off with a bit of a tug.

These seats were used in an awful lot of different Mercedes models over many years. Check with a salvage yard and you should have no problem locating some used components to fix your seats. Also, try posting a request for the electrical diagram. Hard to believe that wires melted before fuses blew.

jubie · #5 04-09-2006, 08:39 PM

Mirrors don't work either , I took the motor out from under the passenger seat , and its fired , and there are wires melted , I did take the seat covers off and move the seat in the position I want , thank you to the people who helped , I'm going to have to find a used motor ( any idea where I can find one ?? ) and then put it back in , but the other problem I have is the two wires that were melted , how do I fix them to plug back into the motor ?? any help would be great , thank you

GermanMarque · #6 04-10-2006, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by jubie

Mirrors don't work either , I took the motor out from under the passenger seat , and its fired , and there are wires melted , I did take the seat covers off and move the seat in the position I want , thank you to the people who helped , I'm going to have to find a used motor ( any idea where I can find one ?? ) and then put it back in , but the other problem I have is the two wires that were melted , how do I fix them to plug back into the motor ?? any help would be great , thank you

A wrecker/Breaker in the US would be a good start, buying new from a dealer will require the purchase of a hack saw to supply the arm and leg they require as payment.

If you can source the motor, the wrecker should have the wreck, in which case you can source as much of the original wiring loom with the correct connectors fitted. Don't be shy when sourcing original cable, follow it as far back as you can to a joint or to a point where it's out of sight in the dash and not subject to compression, stress, dampness or where the joint is visible to inspection and would reveal to all and sundy that beastie had a barbeque in it's past. Hope that helps.