1997 Explorer seats into 1994 B3000

[Guanfy]

I'm halfway through this swap. Anyone interested in me making a quick how to for this?

 

[NIGERIAN RANGER]

Yeah, sure pls. Was that from a 4.0l explorer, or how? I'm interested in the swap.

 

[Guanfy]

Alrighty. I'll try to have a video of this done by next Monday or so. I think it was a 4.0, definitely not the 302. Based on my research it had to be an Eddie Bauer or Limited trim level to have the 8 way power leather seats installed.

 

[Guanfy]

The TLDR on this is that the 4 main bolt holes line up perfectly or near perfectly with the holes in the B3000 floorpan. I'll note that I have a cab plus(extended cab) and that if you have a standard cab the mounting holes might be in different locations.
What you will have to do though is swap the rail holding the seatbelt buckle from the B3000 seat to the Explorer seat. Then, a bracket holding that rail has to be modified to make the buckle rail bolt hole line up. Also, soldiering will be required as the connectors are different shapes between '97 and '94.

 

[NIGERIAN RANGER]

The TLDR on this is that the 4 main bolt holes line up perfectly or near perfectly with the holes in the B3000 floorpan. I'll note that I have a cab plus(extended cab) and that if you have a standard cab the mounting holes might be in different locations.
What you will have to do though is swap the rail holding the seatbelt buckle from the B3000 seat to the Explorer seat. Then, a bracket holding that rail has to be modified to make the buckle rail bolt hole line up. Also, soldiering will be required as the connectors are different shapes between '97 and '94.

Would this swap work for a regular cab? Mine isn't the extended cab..

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Standard cab floor pan is very different than Explorer.

Explorer seats bolt directly onto Ranger bucket/split bench seat tracks though.

I think later standard cabs might be a little deeper, Explorer buckets hit my back window bad and greatly limited legroom/steering wheel clearance in my '85.

 

[Guanfy]

Haven't forgotten about this guys. Life has gotten in the way. The hope is to film the install this weekend and then have it up sometime next week.

 

[bobbywalter]

I just put them on my tracks....well...I had to rebuild those too.

But I don't use power seats. They hate water. And I have had em covered a few times.

 

[Guanfy]

That would work if you are all manual. In my case since I have and wanted to keep the power, I had to use the explorer rails. In that case the only thing you swap is the seat buckle so that the torx bolt that holds the buckle rail down will line up.

 

[Guanfy]

I completed filming the how to this weekend. Hopefully I'll get editing done and get the video loaded to YouTube this week, then I'll link here.

 

[Guanfy]

Sorry it took so long, but I finally have the video edited and published.

Link: 1997 Ford Explorer Seat into 1994 Mazda B3000

 

[NIGERIAN RANGER]

Sorry it took so long, but I finally have the video edited and published.

Link: 1997 Ford Explorer Seat into 1994 Mazda B3000

Nice video. But can this swap work on a single cabin ranger or Mazda truck?

 

[Guanfy]

That was covered both in the video and by 85_Ranger4x4. You can install the seats into a standard cab but you won't have any room to move the seat back or tilt them.

 

[NIGERIAN RANGER]

That was covered both in the video and by 85_Ranger4x4. You can install the seats into a standard cab but you won't have any room to move the seat back or tilt them.

That was covered both in the video and by 85_Ranger4x4. You can install the seats into a standard cab but you won't have any room to move the seat back or tilt them.

That's the problem. No room at the back.

 

[Woogie]

I am jealous you were able to find such a nice seat.

I went to every pick and pull and junkyard within a 60 mile radius hunting for a pair and looked at over 100 compatible Explorers before finding a halfway decent set. The rest had huge holes, were absolutely beat to crap because the windows were broken, or the wrong color or were already missing the driver side.