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Peter Callingham
Tinkerer
NSW
31 V8

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 06:42 pm, by:  Peter Callingham (Pwc) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi Peoples,

I was told when I bought my car that is had bum heaters but I'm buggered if I can find the switch. Can anyone please help?
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
ACT
V8 manual

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 06:46 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

In front of the memory switches on the driver's side and corresponding position on the passenger side.

The switch does not click and the heaters are pretty slow, worst I have had (of 3 cars owned and a rental car with five (!) settings).
Daniel Lee
DieHard
Victoria
Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 07:04 pm, by:  Daniel Lee (Son_gokou) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi Peter,

Here are some photos of the heater seat switch:



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Peter Callingham
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NSW
31 V8

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 07:37 pm, by:  Peter Callingham (Pwc) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks Guys - How good is this site! (and the people in it obviously) I feel like a bit of a knob as it was right in front of me!(the switch that is) I thought that button was for the defoggers. Thanks fellars.
Clayton Webb
TryHard
South Australia
'31 V8

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 09:06 pm, by:  Clayton Webb (Clackers) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How warm do the seats get?
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
ACT
V8 manual

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 09:14 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Pretty warm, and effective once they get there, but they do not seem to warm up much faster than the car heater itself. I expect them to come in beforehand.
Phil Gibson
DieHard
WA
'94 black/black UZZ31

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Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:22 am, by:  Phil Gibson (Sciflyer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Daniel whats going on in the second pic? That looks like a pretty tacky way to blank out the seat buttons, is that factory?

Seat heaters rock, but yeah they do take a little while to kick in...
Daniel Lee
DieHard
Victoria
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Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 02:05 pm, by:  Daniel Lee (Son_gokou) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Phil,

I got the second picture somewhere on the net and yes its doesnt look like from the factory heh.

Maybe an option for the TT?
David Vaughan
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Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 05:52 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Only leather cars had seat heaters, so never in a TT. So far as I know, all V8 Ltd had leather and memory in which case the photos with blanks are probably from a U.S. SC300 or SC400, because it is the memory buttons which are missing.
Callum Finch
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WA
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Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 08:48 pm, by:  Callum Finch (Sigeneat) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

After 1994, v8 limiteds lost the seat memory function afaik.

But they were too cheap to remake the templates.
Kev LeLeu
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South Australia
V8 GT LTD

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Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:57 am, by:  Kev LeLeu (Kev) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Damn I've got the dodgy looking button in the second pic. I've been wondering what the blanked out bits were for, and your spot on Callum mines a '94 31.
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
ACT
V8 manual

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Friday, August 11, 2006 - 07:41 am, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Not quite spot on. It must have been an option because my '94 has all the buttons one can muster.
Kev LeLeu
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Friday, August 11, 2006 - 08:57 am, by:  Kev LeLeu (Kev) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kevin la Terra
TryHard
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soarer GTTL

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Friday, August 11, 2006 - 07:02 pm, by:  Kevin la Terra (Trdpsi) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey guys dont mean to hijack, I put leather seats in my car ages ago and I didnt even noticed if they were out of a soarer with seat warmers.
Any way to tell if they have warmers in them??
Phil Gibson
DieHard
WA
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Friday, August 11, 2006 - 07:55 pm, by:  Phil Gibson (Sciflyer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


David Vaughan wrote on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 07:41 am:

Not quite spot on. It must have been an option because my '94 has all the buttons one can muster.




Same here David
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
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Friday, August 11, 2006 - 08:23 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)



Kev, you say in your profile that your car lacks a "tv monitor". Do you mean it lacks the touch-screen EMV? If so, I am less surprised that it lacks seat memories. They were probably part of the package with EMV.
Neil Griffiths
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Friday, August 11, 2006 - 10:42 pm, by:  Neil Griffiths (Aussiesc) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I work on a 94 LTD UZZ31 and it has the heat buttons removed..no EMV,,No Electric Steering Wheel..
Kev LeLeu
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Friday, August 11, 2006 - 10:58 pm, by:  Kev LeLeu (Kev) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I dont have an electric steering wheel either The original owner must have been a tight arse like me.
Callum Finch
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Friday, August 11, 2006 - 11:11 pm, by:  Callum Finch (Sigeneat) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Callum Finch wrote on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 08:48 pm:

After 1994,



AFTER.
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
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Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 08:50 am, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Then you mean AFTER 1995, because 1994-1995 was a single model series. Anyone with a 1996+ have seat memories?
Don Bagnall
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Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 11:49 am, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Seat heaters were an option on UZZ31 & 32's from 5/1992 - 9/1997
David Vaughan
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Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 02:54 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Good stuff Don but at this point the query is about seat memories, not heaters. Is it the same?
Don Bagnall
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Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 03:03 pm, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Indeed David,
The seat memory function was available on UZZ31 & 32's from 5/1991 - 9/1997
Callum Finch
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Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 01:44 am, by:  Callum Finch (Sigeneat) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Oh, well i have been fed wrong info then =\ Dont listen to me =P
Ken Cornell
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Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 02:23 am, by:  Ken Cornell (Dunadan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Kev LeLeu wrote on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 10:58 pm:

I dont have an electric steering wheel either The original owner must have been a tight arse like me



I haven't even heard of this? what is it? What's it do?
Kev LeLeu
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Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 07:42 am, by:  Kev LeLeu (Kev) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dunno mate perhaps the electric steering has a memory unit thingy as well . With mine it has locking arms on the steering column that lets you move it up or down, in and out. Neil mentioned the electric version in an earlier post. Spewing that I don't have one though along with the other cool extras I've unfortunately miss out on
David Vaughan
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Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 09:12 am, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The electric steering adjustment gives what it says, a flat knob to adjust the wheel up/down and in/out. It also works with the ignition and with the seat memories.

When you pull out the ignition key, the wheel retracts and lifts to make it easier for you to get in an out (no, I am not fat). It returns when you put the key back into the ignition. This function can be switched off.

With the seat memories (two driver settings available) not only do the seats adjust but also the external mirrors and steering wheel adjust to that driver's preference. Pretty handy for us. Although my son is not much taller than me, we have a different preference for wheel position as well as positioning the seat and backrest differently. The external mirrors are OK for both of us so now all we need is motorised and memorised adjustment of the rear view mirror....

It was actually one of my criteria selecting a Soarer that it had to be a model with electric adjustment of wheel and seat, with memories. I was looking for a luxurious fast cruising car. More performance was added later.
Kev LeLeu
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V8 GT LTD

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Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 12:05 pm, by:  Kev LeLeu (Kev) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Another example of how advanced and well finished these cars were and still are compared to just about anything else. I wonder how much Toyota spent on R & D?

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