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ExtremeBean
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 Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:37 pm Post subject: What is the little tab on the rear seat support? |
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Little metal "tab". Looks like it holds something like some wires or what not. Just wondering what it's for.
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mukluk
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:13 pm Post subject: Re: What is the little tab on the rear seat support? |
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Is your car, perchance, a '62?
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ExtremeBean
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: What is the little tab on the rear seat support? |
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| It's a '59, but it's kind of a bastard. Have no idea if this piece is original or not |
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Harris
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ExtremeBean
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| Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: What is the little tab on the rear seat support? |
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| So this is still a mystery? I doubt it for the heater hoses as there is only one. |
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Tim Donahoe
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| Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: What is the little tab on the rear seat support? |
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On my '74, I have that clamp to hold up a part of the wiring (that's in a sheath).
Tim
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mukluk
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:11 am Post subject: Re: What is the little tab on the rear seat support? |
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Where do you think I found the picture in the first place?
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ExtremeBean
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: What is the little tab on the rear seat support? |
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| Tim Donahoe wrote: |
On my '74, I have that clamp to hold up a part of the wiring (that's in a sheath).
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What wiring..specifically? |
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Digger89L
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: What is the little tab on the rear seat support? |
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I think mukluk had it right: in the original photo submitted, up closer to the top, you can see the rusty spot where the 2nd metal strap appears to have rusted off.
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Tim Donahoe
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: What is the little tab on the rear seat support? |
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Extreme, I'd have to lift up my rear seat to check. And I don't do that until the last dog dies, on account of it's being a bitch to get back in.
I just remember when I installed a battery block-off switch, I had to drill and rivet the cross bar. There was a harness, containing several wires that was routed through similar tabs as mentioned in this thread. My best guess is a wiring harness for the computer diagnostic system (no longer used), but it could have been for anything, as I seem to remember that my positive clamp on the + cable had an offshoot that went to who knows what; and perhaps a terminal in this harness went to that positive offshoot.
The short story is, I definitely remember the clamps supporting a wiring harness.
Tim
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Bucky
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: What is the little tab on the rear seat support? |
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I used it to keep the wiring going from the battery positive terminal to the voltage regulator from flopping around under the seat in my '67.
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