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Booked in for MOT on Thursday, so tackled the drivers side seatbelt which was very slow to retract. MOT testers over here can be really picky so I didn't want to take the chance!
It's a really fiddly job and it kinda requires three hands, but it can be done! You start by removing the bottom bolt from the belt, then removing the rear trim. There's a screw and a bolt holding the mechanism in place and a fiddly electrical connector. There's also a bolt in the top height adjustor. Once it's out, it's a matter of unwinding it, removing the pin that holds the belt in place, removing the belt, and carefully winding the barrel back a few times to put more tension in the spring. You have to be careful not to let the barrel go when you've the belt removed as it will unwind completely and probably ruin the mechanism! And you have to be careful not to set off the tensioner as it is explosive :silly:
It seems to work well though, it's not as quick to retract as a new car, but it's much improved!
irishguy123 wrote: Booked in for MOT on Thursday, so tackled the drivers side seatbelt which was very slow to retract. MOT testers over here can be really picky so I didn't want to take the chance!
It's a really fiddly job and it kinda requires three hands, but it can be done! You start by removing the bottom bolt from the belt, then removing the rear trim. There's a screw and a bolt holding the mechanism in place and a fiddly electrical connector. There's also a bolt in the top height adjustor. Once it's out, it's a matter of unwinding it, removing the pin that holds the belt in place, removing the belt, and carefully winding the barrel back a few times to put more tension in the spring. You have to be careful not to let the barrel go when you've the belt removed as it will unwind completely and probably ruin the mechanism! And you have to be careful not to set off the tensioner as it is explosive :silly:
It seems to work well though, it's not as quick to retract as a new car, but it's much improved!
I have found that cleaning the top loop works wonders for making the belts retract better, it's as if the plastic is a magnet for all the crud as the belt moves over it and it then bungs itself up.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
gusthegorilla wrote: Took the nice new towbar off the blue scrapper and fitted it to the red soft top, along with the rear bumper!!Anyway...it's on, and I'm well pleased
One of those things, John....I bought it before I joined this Forum, and if I'd known then what I know now...... :woohoo: :woohoo:
I've said it before, and I'll say it again....the depth of knowledge on here is, IMO, unrivalled....and I've seen countless Jimnys advertised on here in the last 18 months that knock my Mode into a cocked hat
However, out of the two I shall make one really good one !!!!!!
gusthegorilla wrote: However, out of the two I shall make one really good one !!!!!!
Gus
Love the red Gus. Is there a full pic somewhere?
I did something like that with two Ford Anglia engines back in the 60's. Back then you could get away with that. It ran for years, I did some 90 odd thousand miles in it. :ohmy:
Replaced two tie rod ends today and gave the tie rod a lick of paint. It's now a fetching hammerite brown as that was the only paint I had left! Tie rod ends were only £7+ vat from the local motor factors which was nice.
