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bjjpdx Samba Member
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greenbus pilot Samba Member
Joined: March 14, 2008 Posts: 1285 Location: Wisconsin: Rustbelt, USA baby!!
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:52 am Post subject: |
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Good for you.
Carry on. _________________ Sent from a white van down the street. |
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Riguy718 Samba Member
Joined: November 27, 2008 Posts: 370 Location: Nampa, ID
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:28 am Post subject: |
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You just posted a simple statement. Try following it with a question so that we can try to help you with "missing seat belt" problem. Sound good? _________________ First Vehicle:
Bil(bo) 1970 Westy Stock [1600DP]
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aeromech Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 16922 Location: San Diego, California
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:37 am Post subject: |
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I lived with stock belts in my '71 bus for years and years. I only wish I had done the retractable seat belt mod. Since selling my bus I have done the mod to several buses belonging to my customers. I hope you've considered them for yourself. _________________ Lead Mechanic: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Licensed Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Licensed Pilot (Single engine Land)
Boeing 727,737-200-300-400,757,767
Airbus A319,320,321
DC9/MD80
BAe146
Fokker F28/F100
VW type 1 1962,63,65,69,72
VW Type 2 1971 (3 ea.) 1978, 1969
VW Jetta
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3nero Samba Member
Joined: April 19, 2008 Posts: 171 Location: Dublin ,Ireland
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:40 am Post subject: |
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while we are on the subject....
i have no bulkheads behind the front seats in my 77 and i want to install retractable belts. there is a small trianglular gusset going from the B post to the seat/wheel tub. would this be strong enough to bolt the belt reel onto?
or to i need to get som brackets made to make it stronger? |
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thegoodfight7211 Samba Street Punk
Joined: June 02, 2009 Posts: 500 Location: Ashtabula, OH
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:25 am Post subject: |
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What's all this madness about retractable belts??
I never knew such a creature existed! _________________ Percy: '77 sage Westy, 2.0L FI (GD), 091 trans
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I like the idea but they'd go totally ape shiat over this in the Bay Window forum! |
Bay window owners? Soap? |
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Daverham Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2009 Posts: 1397 Location: USA
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aeromech Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 16922 Location: San Diego, California
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:28 am Post subject: |
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Go to eBay and do a search for retractable belt. You'll find several available in different colors and qualities. I don't recommend the really cheap ones but the mid range are fine and work well in the bay wndow buses. No more having your belt bang on the side of the bus when you get out. _________________ Lead Mechanic: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Licensed Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Licensed Pilot (Single engine Land)
Boeing 727,737-200-300-400,757,767
Airbus A319,320,321
DC9/MD80
BAe146
Fokker F28/F100
VW type 1 1962,63,65,69,72
VW Type 2 1971 (3 ea.) 1978, 1969
VW Jetta
VW Passat
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thegoodfight7211 Samba Street Punk
Joined: June 02, 2009 Posts: 500 Location: Ashtabula, OH
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Daverham wrote: |
I have the ol' swing-it-up-onto-the-seat-before-closing-the-door down second nature, but most passengers don't. |
Yep! And then you're driving down the freeway cursing up a storm because it's beating the shit out of the side of your Bus!
$85 each seems a little pricey, but I now know that this is a possibility. And I guess I could sell my old ones on here to recoup some of the cost. Hmm! _________________ Percy: '77 sage Westy, 2.0L FI (GD), 091 trans
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crofty wrote: |
kaiser wrote: |
i figured you guys would appreciate the frugality of the homemade soap. |
I like the idea but they'd go totally ape shiat over this in the Bay Window forum! |
Bay window owners? Soap? |
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thegoodfight7211 Samba Street Punk
Joined: June 02, 2009 Posts: 500 Location: Ashtabula, OH
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:55 am Post subject: |
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Shoot
A quick eBay search yielded a 50% discount from Busdepot's prices!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RETRACTABLE-3-POINT...ccessories _________________ Percy: '77 sage Westy, 2.0L FI (GD), 091 trans
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crofty wrote: |
kaiser wrote: |
i figured you guys would appreciate the frugality of the homemade soap. |
I like the idea but they'd go totally ape shiat over this in the Bay Window forum! |
Bay window owners? Soap? |
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purplegodzilla Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2006 Posts: 253 Location: Duluth, Georgia
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aeromech Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 16922 Location: San Diego, California
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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Told ya
I've installed these before and they work fine. _________________ Lead Mechanic: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Licensed Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Licensed Pilot (Single engine Land)
Boeing 727,737-200-300-400,757,767
Airbus A319,320,321
DC9/MD80
BAe146
Fokker F28/F100
VW type 1 1962,63,65,69,72
VW Type 2 1971 (3 ea.) 1978, 1969
VW Jetta
VW Passat
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Daverham Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2009 Posts: 1397 Location: USA
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome. Fairly productive thread for one that started with...
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Never mind found some.
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1977_L63H_P27 Samba Member
Joined: January 17, 2006 Posts: 2345 Location: Bristol, Tennessee
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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If you have the seat belt hooks in place, you don't have to do that trick. I was going to do the retracting seat belt upgrade. But since installing new hooks, and getting used to using them, I'm not so sure I need/want to change. Peace! _________________
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aeromech Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 16922 Location: San Diego, California
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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1977_L63H_P27 wrote: |
If you have the seat belt hooks in place, you don't have to do that trick. I was going to do the retracting seat belt upgrade. But since installing new hooks, and getting used to using them, I'm not so sure I need/want to change. Peace! |
Are you referring to those high quality, tough plastic clips that always break when your new passenger gets in and just yanks down on the belt? _________________ Lead Mechanic: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Licensed Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Licensed Pilot (Single engine Land)
Boeing 727,737-200-300-400,757,767
Airbus A319,320,321
DC9/MD80
BAe146
Fokker F28/F100
VW type 1 1962,63,65,69,72
VW Type 2 1971 (3 ea.) 1978, 1969
VW Jetta
VW Passat
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73kombi Banned
Joined: April 11, 2006 Posts: 1215 Location: ~The London Bridge, AZ~
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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Ratwell wrote: |
The best belts out there are Jetta belts from the 90s and bolts right in without any modifications. |
Hmmmnnnn.....plenty of Jetta's in the boneyards. I'd guess $10~20 for a pair?
http://www.ratwell.com/technical/EssentialUpgrades.html |
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aeromech Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 16922 Location: San Diego, California
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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You know something... my time is valuable to me and the junk yards are about 20 miles away. I'd rather order brand new belts and have them delivered to my door than roam endlessly through a junk yard only to find that the one jetta there already had the belts stripped from it. _________________ Lead Mechanic: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Licensed Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Licensed Pilot (Single engine Land)
Boeing 727,737-200-300-400,757,767
Airbus A319,320,321
DC9/MD80
BAe146
Fokker F28/F100
VW type 1 1962,63,65,69,72
VW Type 2 1971 (3 ea.) 1978, 1969
VW Jetta
VW Passat
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73kombi Banned
Joined: April 11, 2006 Posts: 1215 Location: ~The London Bridge, AZ~
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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aeromech wrote: |
You know something... my time is valuable to me and the junk yards are about 20 miles away. I'd rather order brand new belts and have them delivered to my door than roam endlessly through a junk yard only to find that the one jetta there already had the belts stripped from it. |
Then call me lucky....cuz I got nothing better to do than drive around America, and look at stuff....
Normally you can call these boneyards up and they have computers that tell them what is in their yard....But I do prefer the "drive by", "pick-a-part", suprise yards...
Piss off Hoser....
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Batan Samba Member
Joined: March 10, 2003 Posts: 1637 Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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73kombi wrote: |
You got nuthin' to add but insulting me for pointing out a Fact?
Piss off Hoser.... |
Hey, he called you a Fokker in his signature! _________________ '69 Riviera Bay
'03 20th Anniversary GTI
'74 Super Beetle
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thegoodfight7211 Samba Street Punk
Joined: June 02, 2009 Posts: 500 Location: Ashtabula, OH
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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aeromech wrote: |
You know something... my time is valuable to me and the junk yards are about 20 miles away. I'd rather order brand new belts and have them delivered to my door than roam endlessly through a junk yard only to find that the one jetta there already had the belts stripped from it. |
Man
Must be nice to be in a position to say stuff like that...totally worth paying $20-$40 rather than $80 for a trip into town if you ask me. _________________ Percy: '77 sage Westy, 2.0L FI (GD), 091 trans
coad wrote: |
crofty wrote: |
kaiser wrote: |
i figured you guys would appreciate the frugality of the homemade soap. |
I like the idea but they'd go totally ape shiat over this in the Bay Window forum! |
Bay window owners? Soap? |
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