seats

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seats

April 13, 2009, 09:57:12 AM

I got an awesome deal on front seats for my 86 cougar.......as in free. they are manual adjusting seats from a mustang. the current seats in the cougar are no good and would be a small fortune to reupholster........but the motors are fine and everything adjusts properly. my question is (before i go taking everything apart) how much of a pain would it be to put the new seats on the old tracks in order to retain the electric adjustment functionality? if i do go with just manual seats, will it be a problem if i leave the wires alone and just cut & tape them to make sure they'll never short?

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Reply #1 – April 13, 2009, 10:05:12 AM

As you may or may not know, the Stang brackets wont fit a Tbird/Cougar floorpan, so you'll have to use yours car's brackets, other than that, everything is a bolt-up deal.

The 2 back holes on the seat that align with the corresponding holes on your brackets *may* need to be tapped to be able to get a bolt started..I had to tap the Motorsport seats I have to mate with Tbird brackets.

If you find or otherwise have the manual Tbird brackets, just leave the plug for the power seat(s) there, I wouldn't bother cutting anything, but just poke it through the hole in the carpet and be done with it, no need to cut any wiring.

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Reply #2 – April 13, 2009, 10:05:54 AM

Bolt the Mustang seats to your Cougar tracks and you're good to go.

You might need to modify or drill/tap a hole in the seats, but I doubt it. THe stock seats have provisions/locations for a couple different locations.

I've bolted many a stock Ford seat to Tbird/Cougar tracks though w/o issue.

You won't be able to use the manual tracks from a Mustang in a Tbird/COugar w/o some fab work though, as the floor pans are different. So unless you are able to dig up some manual tracks for a TBird, which are hard to find (the driver side specifically), just stay with the power tracks from the car and bolt your seats to them.