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Electrical Tech / Re: 88 Cougar driver seat motor
Update!

Sorry for the delay, bit hard to get some time to work on the car with the little ones.

Anyway, after much troubleshooting (checking the switch, ground, looking for pinched wires by the radio head unit when we installed the system, etc) we determined that somehow the power line to the switch was not working properly (when the switch was activated the voltage dropped to 0) could be the cb being weak and working ok for the locks but as soon as you go to operate the seat it just doesnt work.

I went ahead and made a line and hooked it up to the battery to test and hooked it up to positive on the switch for testing and the seat motor started working like new again.  Rather than looking into wiring or going back out to get a new breaker/fuse (can do later) I just ran that line off the battery and through the firewall hooked it up to the seat switch.
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Electrical Tech / 88 Cougar driver seat motor
So this one has me stumped.  We have just installed a pair of 10" subwoofers and a 1000w amplifier in the trunk.  I have previously installed a sufficient 200a alternator just to cover all of our power needs (and then some).

Anyway the trouble came when my wife went to drive it later to test the speakers out and realized that the seat didnt move any longer (she couldn't reach the pedals).  All three switches might as well be dead.  Fuse checks out, though I could still change it for good measure

We have checked the seat motor to battery power and each position moves, and we were able to get voltage out of the harness when testing the seat switches with a voltmeter.  Am I doing something wrong or missing something here?  Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / 88 Cougar weatherstripping
Now I know I could just go the route and pick up some universal kits and go to town on the car but I wanted to check here first and see if there was a site/vender that was better equipped than what I had seen.

We took our cougar to the car wash and had a few leaks coming in through most of the windows.  So we figured going through the whole car and replacing all of the weatherstripping is the best option (moon roof, windows, windshield/backglass)

Any help is appreciated
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / 1988 Cougar xr7
Hi, I am looking for my wife's first car, which just so happens to be an 88 xr7.  Hers was black, but with the difficulty I've been having in locating one it really doesn't matter.

I currently reside in Davenport, IA. But we would be able to travel some

Any info would be greatly appreciated