Hi All,
my 77's lower seatbelts (the one mounted under the seat), will get wet when it rains, or when I drive through puddles etc .. So I took the seats out, and pulled the carpet out, and found no rust holes or anything .. The door seals are not perfect, however the wetness of the belt, compared to the size of the puddles I've driven through didn't match ..
I pulled the cover off of the lower seatbelt area, and amongst the loonies, leaves and other assorted crap that had managed it's way in there, I noticed a seemingly factory predrilled hole ahead of where the actual seatbelt retractor housing bolts down .. The hole is about a 1.5cm diameter. Bigger than the bolt used to hold down the seatbelt. Is this normal? Am I missing some plugs there?
I figure what has happened is there's some plug that was there from the factory, and over the years of neglect this car has seen, the plugs wore/fell out.. Which has allowed all kinds of crap to get into the seatbelt housing. (Which is rusted all to heck now!)
I could just plug it with silicone or something, but I'd like to keep as much original as possible...
Thanks,
Mike Engler #37320
my 77's lower seatbelts (the one mounted under the seat), will get wet when it rains, or when I drive through puddles etc .. So I took the seats out, and pulled the carpet out, and found no rust holes or anything .. The door seals are not perfect, however the wetness of the belt, compared to the size of the puddles I've driven through didn't match ..
I pulled the cover off of the lower seatbelt area, and amongst the loonies, leaves and other assorted crap that had managed it's way in there, I noticed a seemingly factory predrilled hole ahead of where the actual seatbelt retractor housing bolts down .. The hole is about a 1.5cm diameter. Bigger than the bolt used to hold down the seatbelt. Is this normal? Am I missing some plugs there?
I figure what has happened is there's some plug that was there from the factory, and over the years of neglect this car has seen, the plugs wore/fell out.. Which has allowed all kinds of crap to get into the seatbelt housing. (Which is rusted all to heck now!)
I could just plug it with silicone or something, but I'd like to keep as much original as possible...
Thanks,
Mike Engler #37320
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