94GT5.0

Hey guys,
Recently my power seat stopped working. It moves the seat backwards but not forward. I popped the seat off the floor and took a look at the motor. I pulled the switch out and hooked my test light up to it. I think I have figured out the issue but want to confirm before I spend 60 bucks for a new switch. Using the test light...I've determined that I have power to the switch itself, and the test light signals power when I engage the switch in the backward direction, however there is not power to the forward side when I engage the switch that way....

To test this I tried to manually override the switch by connecting the power input on the back of the switch to the forward wire output; also on the back of the switch. Everytime I made this connection (with a small piece of speaker wire), I popped the fuse under the hood. (I'm not sure why this wouldn't work...) Should I just buy a new switch....if the manual override worked I would just adjust it properly once and keep it there saving the 60 bucks...

Thanks for any views and replies...

ttocs

Mine did the same thing when the worm gears that drive it got to dirty and made it hard for it to move. Run some wd40 over the worm gears to clean it and then regrease and see what happens.