1975 Wiring Harness repair - fix or delete seat sensor wiring |
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1975 Wiring Harness repair - fix or delete seat sensor wiring |
DaveB |
Jun 1 2022, 11:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 25-November 21 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 26,107 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I just removed the wiring harness from my '75. I am not sure what the PO did or what happened but there are a lot of shorts with melted and exposed wiring. The seat wiring is melted into a large uniform mess.
I hate any form of lock out with seat belts. Can I remove the wiring and sensors or is there any reason I should restore the wiring under the seats and then make the modification to delete the lock out and fasten seat belt signals? I can't imagine a future owner thinking they would want to have the wiring available to connect a starter lock out to the seat belts. Thanks, DaveB |
ClayPerrine |
Aug 26 2022, 08:10 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,503 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
A word of warning...
There is a small black wire in the seatbelt interlock harness that goes all the way back to the fuse box, and connects to the hot side of the ignition fuse. If it falls out of the plastic block, it will bounce against the floor board, and cause weird, intermittent ignition cutout. The car will randomly die doing things like driving over railroad tracks or on bumpy roads. It is entirely possible that it would short out completely and burn the wiring harness. I suggest you trace it back to the fuse box and cut the wire off at the spade connector. Just so you know. I have been there, done that with Betty's 914. It took me months to find that out. Clay |
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