Toyota Granvia/Hiace/Powervan Seats
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Hey Gang
Minor drama yesterday. My wife drove the Chucklebus™ to the garage yesterday to pick up her own car from having an MOT. When I went to put the seat back in order to...you know... actually fit... bad things happened. A cloud of acrid smoke came from under the seat. Having evacuated the wagon of all occupants, I quickly deduced it wasn't actually ON FIRE but that a motor had probably burnt out on the power chair. It will go forward fine enough, but backwards it twists and then stops. You need to be Jimmy Krankie to actually fit in it now.
I left it with the garage who took it apart. The motor is fine (i assumed there were two as it works on one side) and the shaft spins but it's not turning the gear that moves the other side.
Easiest solution would be to find another seat, although the breakers all listing on ebay don't have a driver's chair.
Would a Hiace one fit? It'd look s
t, but at least i could drive it. Or would it be possible to modify it for a manual chair?
Hope to hear
Minor drama yesterday. My wife drove the Chucklebus™ to the garage yesterday to pick up her own car from having an MOT. When I went to put the seat back in order to...you know... actually fit... bad things happened. A cloud of acrid smoke came from under the seat. Having evacuated the wagon of all occupants, I quickly deduced it wasn't actually ON FIRE but that a motor had probably burnt out on the power chair. It will go forward fine enough, but backwards it twists and then stops. You need to be Jimmy Krankie to actually fit in it now.
I left it with the garage who took it apart. The motor is fine (i assumed there were two as it works on one side) and the shaft spins but it's not turning the gear that moves the other side.
Easiest solution would be to find another seat, although the breakers all listing on ebay don't have a driver's chair.
Would a Hiace one fit? It'd look s
t, but at least i could drive it. Or would it be possible to modify it for a manual chair?Hope to hear
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