Never been asked ...
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Never been asked ...
I think I have a question that has never been asked ... at least I can't find where it has.
I'm restoring my '72 and would like to have everything work as it did on DAY 1. Currently I'm working on the seatbelt switch that goes under the passenger seat. The switch is normally "open", and then it is bent - from weight sitting in the seat - the seat spring stretches - which "bends" the switch - which closes and so on ...
However - this design assumes a perfectly straight seat spring - mine are 30 years old and have "relaxed" a little - to the point where the switch, when attached per the AIM, is bent enough to be always closed - NOT good.
Has anyone ever come across this problem, and am I nuts for even worrying about it ???
[Modified by sray454, 1:24 PM 1/14/2003]
I'm restoring my '72 and would like to have everything work as it did on DAY 1. Currently I'm working on the seatbelt switch that goes under the passenger seat. The switch is normally "open", and then it is bent - from weight sitting in the seat - the seat spring stretches - which "bends" the switch - which closes and so on ...
However - this design assumes a perfectly straight seat spring - mine are 30 years old and have "relaxed" a little - to the point where the switch, when attached per the AIM, is bent enough to be always closed - NOT good.
Has anyone ever come across this problem, and am I nuts for even worrying about it ???
[Modified by sray454, 1:24 PM 1/14/2003]
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Re: Never been asked ... (sray454)
You sure about that seatbelt switch? The reason I ask is that I have a painfully original '72 and it has nothing like that. It is also not on any option sheet I've ever seen, unless it was bundled and hidden in another option.
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Re: Never been asked ... (gerry72)
"You sure about that seatbelt switch? The reason I ask is that I have a painfully original '72 and it has nothing like that. It is also not on any option sheet I've ever seen, unless it was bundled and hidden in another option."
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Yep - Check out your AIM. I do not have it with me so I'll post the plate # tonight. When someone sits in the passenger seat, this switch is supposed to close, which then requires the seatbelt to be fastened before the "Fasten Seatbelt" light goes off ( as I understand it ). I remenber as a kid seeing many cars where the owner always kept the belt fastened ( you sat on the belt ) - just to turn the light off...
[Modified by sray454, 3:32 PM 1/14/2003]
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Yep - Check out your AIM. I do not have it with me so I'll post the plate # tonight. When someone sits in the passenger seat, this switch is supposed to close, which then requires the seatbelt to be fastened before the "Fasten Seatbelt" light goes off ( as I understand it ). I remenber as a kid seeing many cars where the owner always kept the belt fastened ( you sat on the belt ) - just to turn the light off...
[Modified by sray454, 3:32 PM 1/14/2003]
