Can I manually adjust the power seat on my 98 explorer? Or can I be able to fix it w/o buying new seat or motor?

Hi,

you might need to update any associated battery or motor within that seat to overcome the motor issue. I would also apply cooking oil around the slide panel of the chair in order to allow it to have it's best chance of at least sliding between positions.

Thank you.

you cant, its broken, why not fix it?
not easy,,,, its a complex electro mechanical system.
that only works from motors.
if you had taken it apart and looked first.
you'd have seen all this. omg, its a motor drive.

i hate it, , its slow, and wife has short legs.
takes 20second for my wk to adjust.... silly to a fault.
the full blown new jeep has memory on the seat(more silly)
you push person 1 button and it goes to your location.
slow, and silly every inch of the way.... it's a new world. (lazy)

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IF you have a manually adjusted seat then check that the wires/cables from the lever to the tracks are still attached . If you have electric adjusted check for power to the motor.

The back and foward movement uses the same motor. So if it moves one way but not the other it's most likely the switch. Try to blow it out or clean it out. If pop or somthing spilled on it you will prob. need to pull switch out and take it apart to clean contacks inside.

Try removing the door panel, and then feeding direct power to the motor using two wires connected to power (positive) and ground (negative). Connecting the wires one way will make the motor move the window up, and reversing the connection will make the window go down. If the motor works ok when you do this, then you have a wiring or switch issue, likely a switch. If the motor doesn't work with direct power and ground, then you have identified the problem. Good Luck!

call around to some junk yards or look on craigslist for someone selling 98 Lincoln parts. Buy a working used seat and replace yours. too expensive to buy a new motor to fix yours. Generally 4 bolts hold it in and some wiring. if the switch is not on the seat, i would also find another switch on ebay. don't buy a car seat on ebay unless the seller is nearby as the shipping is too high. most likely other year seats will fit as well and maybe even a seat from the big mercury model of that year.

it sounds like the driver seat module. It controls all of these items.
buy used at car-part.com. look on page with * for lowest price.
buy new at discount at tascafordparts.com

• The memory mirror is inoperative

• Driver seat module (DSM).
• Circuitry.
• CJB fuse 3 (7.5A).
• Exterior mirror motor.
• Mirror control switch.

• The memory seat is inoperative

• Circuitry.
• Seat control switch.
• Seat track.
• DSM.
• PDJB Fuse 109 (30A).
• Power seat motor.

• Adjustable brake pedal does not operate correctly — does not operate using the adjustable pedal switch

• Battery junction box (BJB) fuses:
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• Circuitry.
• Switch.
• Adjustable pedal motor.
• Driver Seat Module (DSM

This is a common problem and you can buy a new handle at O'reilly's that will slide over what is still sticking out of the seat and tighten with a set screw.

You need a new or used passenger seat tilt lever. Mine broke also. There are a couple on sale on EBay for $30.00. See link, otherwise you can buy new from Ford for about $75.00.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-EXPLORER-DRIVER-SEAT-TILT-LEVER-ASSEMBLY-91-94-OEM_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33701QQihZ023QQitemZ360071362943QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW