Two Unrelated Questions, Heating & Seat belts Options

[dagdal1967]

Hey all..

As some of you know, I've finally picked up my car (after a trip to the body shop) and have been having lots of fun driving her and doing a little bit of fixing.

There are two things I've run across while combing over her that I have questions about:

1) On the drivers side in the engine bay there is an open pipe coming up through the engine bay floor just to the left of the engine its self. When the engine is running there is air being forced through the pipe. On the RIGHT side of the engine, there is a similar pipe, but IT has a cap/bung held by an o-ring clamp.

QUESTION: Should the left side have a bung as well?? Is there something missing?

2) The seat belts on both sides are not retracting correctly. I'd like to get in and try to re-wind and re-spring them, but I'm not sure how difficult it is to get to the spring casings...

QUESTION: What is the process to get to the seat belt wider? Do you need to take the seats completely out to get the back pad out?

Other than these couple things, the car is in EXCELLENT SHAPE! I'm looking forward to my road trip to Texas from my parents in IOWA! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dance.gif)

I hope you guys can help (I'm sure you can).

Thanks in advance..

Dougie

[john rogers]

The belts and retractor from any year 924 will bolt right in. They are usually in much better shape than 914 retractors. I would NOT recommend trying to open the spring housing, you'll get a BIG suprise! The open pipe is the feed for the heating system. Normally there is a blower/fan mounted next to the relay panel and a piece of flex hose from the fan to this opening. When you pull up on the heater switch it grounds the circuit and starts the fan running. Some years have a "Y" at the fan outlet and run a hose to both sides. Good luck