Power Seat Connection in 85 SD

[JPL]

Hi;

I recently aquired two front seats from an 86 SDL and wanted to use them in my 85 SD. My SD driver's seat has 2 position memory and motorized head rest. My passenger seat has no memory, but has the motorized head rest. The seats are not heated.

I went to replace my passenger seat and to my dismay found the electrical junctions to be different. There were more pins on the SDL seats. I have not yet tried the driver's seat because I didnt want to remove that one to find the same connection issues. I thought I could just remove the seat from the black metal mount that houses the motor, connection box, and adjustment tracks, but that is proving more difficult than expected. There are some bolts that are inaccessable.

So, I was wondering about a few alternatives:

a) could I try to buy the female seat connection harnesses to recieve the pins in the 86 SDL seats, remove the harness from my 85 SD and splice the wires from my car into the new harnesses?

b) could I just hardwire it? Would bypassing the reciving box with the male pins cause issues?

C) any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
J