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The FAQ applies predominantly to OG Saab's, and anything relating to NG's is not in much detail.
BUT, after a lot of patience and 4 hours later, I now have a toasty driver's seat. I had to solder a wire on the left side of the seat cushion, and another on the left side of the back rest.
The main things that were missing from the FAQ were removing the upholstery:
The seat cushion is "clipped" underneath with a combination of cardboard stitched to the seat cover material, metal tabs on the seat frame, and four (4) barbed metal clips (2 on the front, 1 at the back on each side). By pressing down on the seat cushion to generate slack and then pulling down on the material around the bottom of the seat. The front came off easy, the side clips took some extra effort. Pay attention to which way the barbs on the clips are oriented so that they bite into the cardboard. This is important when putting the cover back on. That's phase I. Phase II is undoing the keychain type rings that anchor the center part of the upholstery to the pad and hold it's shape. You will need needlenose pliers and a screwdriver to pry the rings apart and unwind them from the metal rod that runs around the centre of the seat cushion. I only had to do 3 of the clips before being able to find the break in the wire (there are 6 in total: 2 on each side, and 2 on the front). You should not have to undo the ones in the front. This isn't that difficult, although it is time consuming, but without prior knowledge, it would be easy to tear or damage the materials, or be unaware of how much force you should be able to apply.
The second thing that wasn't clear was the heated wire itself:
The wire is actually sandwiched between glued pieces of thin foam that must be gently separated to prevent tearing and disturbing of the wire. You will need a can of spray adhesive to glue the pad back together over the wires when the repair is done. A few posts suggest that the break in the wire will be easy to spot because of a burn mark - that may normally be the case, but it wasn't for me. I just shaved away some of the yellow wire jacket and soldered the ends together (with some heat shrink tubing over top) - there was no need to splice in another piece of wire.
Hope this helps;
Den.
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