Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum but not new to this style car. I'm a longtime Ford owner, former T-Bird owner & now I finally purchased a 93 Mark VIII to play with on weekends. I'm having issues with what seems to be a burnt seat track motor on the driver's side. The former owner rolled the seat all the way forward the last time he used it then unbolte the seat & took it out of the car. He replaced the seat for a Recaro racing seat, I drove it home on the racing seat that I could barely fit in & also brought the original seat (thank god he still had it) in my truck.
Yesterday I took off the racing seat & placed the original seat back in it's place (unbolted). The seat barely moves. Since it's not bolted down, I tilt the seat so that the seat motor is exposed towards the front of the vehicle, I place my entire torso weight (260 lbs) on it & it will move about 1/4-1/2 inch then it will NOT move again for 2-3 hours.
The point i'm trying to make is, at this point, unless I get it for dirt cheap, I do not have the money to purchase the seat motor. Is there anyway I can manually roll back the seat temporarily so I can drive the car :steering & leave it there for the next 4,5 weeks until I get the cash to purchase another one? Any & all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!;)

No way I know of to manually move it...

BillCU had luck with taking them all apart and cleaning the comms...

Guys? No one knows if there's a trick to this?

No trick available.
Only real option is to find a used one and swap it.

I'm looking for a seat of manual T-bird tracks for this very reason. I'm tired of the eight motors and plastic gears crapping out.

I used billcu's write up with some success. Certainly be worth a try:

http://www.lincolnsofdistinction.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=17509

I actually went a step further and cleaned the control switches and connectors. I also de-rusted the tracks, painted them black and re-lubed them. Presently, the seats are 'ok' but aren't great - doesn't take a lot to stop them. Manual tracks are definitely the way ahead.

BTW, I could see no way of making mine move manually.