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Jonathan
04-27-2013, 11:31 PM
http://store.delorean.com/c-398-8-7-6-seat-belts.aspx

I have new seatbelts I am installing. I have the complete kits for both sides. I have both my interior rear trim panels off and the retracting portions out and the new ones will go in just as easily.

The question I had was regarding the receiving end/receptacle that bolts into the body on the centre console. I would like to put the new ones of these in and was looking at the bolt it is secured in with. Taking it out will be simple, but I was wondering if I need to get a wrench or hand on whatever it is that is behind there in order to get the new one installed? I can see from peering under my car (car is not currently up in the air), that the backside of this bolt hole appears to be up and behind a couple of poorly located coolant hoses.

Anyone done this little job before and know if what this bolt threads into will stay right where it is as I take out the old one and put in the new one? Or is it going to fall down and require me to somehow get my fingers or a wrench up there to hold it in place while I thread the new bolt in from the inside?

DMCMW Dave
04-28-2013, 12:13 AM
Anyone done this little job before and know if what this bolt threads into will stay right where it is as I take out the old one and put in the new one? Or is it going to fall down and require me to somehow get my fingers or a wrench up there to hold it in place while I thread the new bolt in from the inside?

The nuts are welded into the frame (actually threaded tubes). As long as it isn't fatally rusty it will come out and go right back in.

The guys on the assembly line don't have 7-inch fingers either.

Jonathan
04-28-2013, 09:11 AM
The nuts are welded into the frame (actually threaded tubes). As long as it isn't fatally rusty it will come out and go right back in.

The guys on the assembly line don't have 7-inch fingers either.

Beauty Dave! I was hoping to hear that. Thanks!