I have a 95 caprice classic with manual seats.

I have purchased some roadmaster seats front and back. I want to install these, but i want to know if i can get the power part to work also?

does anyone have any instructions for installing these seats and hooking up the power?

thanks

I think the seats should bolt right in, as for the power i dont know if there could be a plug under the carpet or if you have to run one. If you have to run one if you can i would look at where the roadmaster powersorce is and copy it or take that too.

Installing the seats is no problem, just remove the Chev seats and install the Buick seats. The problem is the seat controls; are they on the armrest or on the side of the seat? If they are on the armrest you'll need the wiring harness from the switches to the seats, the control switches on the armrests and the power wire which should be connected directly to the fuse panel, or a splitter just before the fuse panel. Of course you'll also need to do this for the passenger side. Sounds like a daunting task, but not so bad once you get going. If the switches are on the side of the seat it gets much easier, as you can run power from a spare opening in the fuse box directly to the power plug under the seat. You can then run another wire fron there to the power under the passenger seat. As I mentionwed, none of this is that difficult, just time consuming. I've been removing power seats, power windows, rear defrosts, etc. from 1960's GM cars for years. Same principles, just less wiring to deal with on the older cars.

I think the only controls that will be on the seat would be the heated seat and lumbar controls from a seat so equpped. For the forward/back/up/down, the switch is on the armrest.

Not that it wouldn't be possible to rig it up on the side of the seat, but it would take some fabrication.

All of the GM RWD B & C body cars I've had from 1977 to 1990 had the power seat controls on the seat. They're a dime a dozen at the wrecker. You might be able to use that for you conversion. It might be easier to go that route than to get the wiring harness into the doors. Believe me, Ive done extractions with the dash in and with the dash out, and it's much easier to replace and remove door harnesses with the dash completely removed so you can feed the mass of wiring throught the conduit. If you don't have any power option controils on the doors, you'll have to remove the rubber conduits from the driver and passenger sides of the donor car. Then. on the door and piller you'll have to look for embossings which can be punched out the same as you would on an electrical panel.

There is one more option if you're the only driver. Don't install the switches from the armrest, just put power to it after you install the seat, move the seat to where you want, then put the switch in a safe place.

My 90 wagon had the seat controls mounted in the same panel as the locks on the armrest. It was a buick also but it was before the bubbly style.

I guess there's always a rebel out there :grinyes: I've had the following with seat controls installed on the seat (I had no 77-90 RWD cars with armrest controls):

1977 Cadillac SDV
1981 Pontiac Parisienne Brougham
1985 Pontiac Safari Wagon
1985 Buick LeSabre Collectors Edition (currently driving this fine automobile)
1989 Caprice Classic Wagon

There's a local wrecker here that has a selection of about 300 GM cars that are turned over every few weeks. They're stacked two high with the lower car raised about 20" off the ground for easy access and removal of things from underneath. The cars we like are always on the bottom. Well not always, last month there was a 1991 Caprice wagon on top of a 1985 Caprice wagon. I try to get there every week for a viewing to see what's there as between me, the wife, and the kids, I have to maintain five cars (1968 Pontiac parisienne summer car, 1985 Buick winter car, and 1991 Caprice Classic, Park Avenue, Olds 98 Touring Sedan, and soon to be sixth car when I install the engine and tranny; a 1989 Cadillac SDV). So, what I'm getting at is, armrest mounted power seat controls on pre 91 B & C cars is not very common, as I haven't noticed any at the wrecker. Maybe though, these cars are too reliable and still on the road, as most of the B & C cars at the wrecker are 80's & 90's Chevs and late 70's to early 80's Cadillacs!! On an interesting note, a couple of months ago there was a 1961 Cadillac Series 6700 Fleetwood 75 Imperial Sedan in the wrecker. One of 926 made and Cadillac's top and most expensive model for that year. I removed a few momentos. Here's the link if you want top see what one looks like: http://100megsfree4.com/cadillac/cad1960/cad61f.htm. And yes, there are even parts for my 68 there. A couple of weeks ago there was a 1970 Impala custom there with disc brakes. In the past few months I've seen a 1969 Nova, 1970 Skylark ragtop, and 1970 Chevelle, but these were mostly stripped upon arrival, but still had a few good trims and what not.