Alrighty - seat belts are done....... where I reworked em the chrome is gone, paint will wear off quickly, so as they rust I'll just hit em with steel wool and oil. It'll be a redneck rust blue job. It'll hold till one of these days I put a new set of belts in.
Started out this afternoon by smoothing up the plug
I knew it was too wide, but that's an easy fix. Made another dummy plug, this one for the correct width
Used that to mark my grind line, then snuck up on it till it just fit...
Once it fit, I put the buckle back together I and test fit it. Wouldn't latch....... it fit fine, just needed a tad more depth. I had room here, so it needed a bit removed from the end.
Shortening it a couple thousandths allowed it to buckle nicely. Here you can see the three critical areas. The nose hits a stop, limiting forward travel (which also allows the latch and notch to align), the forward shoulders rest on the side indentations , preventing the plug from dipping out from under the latch (which is what it was originally doing), and the rear shoulders, which had to be relieved a bit also which were hitting the buckle housing.
Was gonna fix the passenger side later on, but figured since I had the process fresh in my head I'd go ahead and knock it out. Yanked the assented side belt out, grabbed the scrap steel, grinder, welder, and,got ready to make a mess and some noise..... stuck the plug in the buckle to verify it needed the same treatment, and it would fit - not even close......
Then I remembered the female belt ends that were in it when I got it were on long steel extensions....... probly weren't originals and the driver side plug had been modified to fit those. Guess the passenger was on their own LOL. Comparing it to the dummy plug
This was easy - just ground a little off each side, and it fit perfect - just like it was supposed to. I did have to take a bit off the end of this one as well, but they both work perfectly.
Until I get a console in there, the female sides of the belts will just have to lie on the floor next to the seat risers..... no biggie
So I am officially ready for inspection...... as soon as monsoon Florence leaves us alone - I wanna take it with the top off. Stuck the mirrors on today as well - they're the YJ mirrors that came with the doors - fine for cold weather, but by spring I want a set of CJ mirrors - just doesn't look right without em
And the steering column is all put back together so she's ready to go.
Now that the gotta haves are done, I'll start on the stereo and aux lighting..... I feel like the pressure is MUCH less and I can breathe
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. Looks like Shum8 has got this. Get it done ! We want you to be safe while wheeling
I’ve done LOL
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