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Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 20:02:20 -0500
From: Charlotte Henson <charlottenopsamme.wi.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Electrical Help- '88 900


Patrick Timlin wrote: > > > Sounds like the passive seatbelts. My car has a manual sun roof, so I > have no experience there, but with the passive seatbelts, I can add > plenty! My car is a 1988 900S with the passive belts. When I bought > the car used, it already had about 121k miles on it. Belts worked ok. > But within the first 6 months or so, they started acting up. Kept > getting stuck at various points in the belt travel say in the forward > position or half way or whatever. The problem is, when they get hung > up, there are still some relays activated waiting for them to properly > seat themselves all the way. The coil of these relays slowly drain > your battery. Typical symptom is you car will start no problem if you > start it within a few hours of a stuck belt, but if you leave it > overnight or longer, you may not have enough to start the car anymore, > especially on an older or weaker battery. Yes yes yes! They were acting up for a while but have pretty much stuck themselves in the back position. We have been just pulling them over our heads as we enter and depart. > Well guess what, he didn't know what he was talking about. At least > not about the belts. There is a control box under the back seat and it > has two fuses. Pull those and you disable the system. The trick is, > try to catch the belts when they decide to go ahead and seat all the > way back in the driving position. If you get into the car and they > both settle all the way to the back, dive in the back, pull up the > seat, and yank the fuses. Now you simply have to unbuckle or buckly > two belts in the car. First the shoulder belt (there is an orange > button to release it at the track) then the lap belt. I have been > doing it for years now (my car is almost at 200k). Just remember that > the orange release button faces in towards you when you try and snap > the belt back over your shoulder when you get it. The only pain in the > ass part of this is you have to explain and sometime help passengers > unfamiliar with your car with getting buckled up. I am going to go take a look for the fuses. We have the seat folded down so I am not quite sure where to look. Let's say I have the seat in its regular position. I just lift the bottom of the chair part to get at this fuse box? Of all the bizarre places to put it! > I wonder if you can convert the sun roof to a manual model? I > converted my driver's side window which was powered, to a manual crank > when it started to fail. It would be nice to be able to do that to > your sun roof. That would be nice. I would love to be able to *use* the sunroof. > > Patrick Patrick, thanks for your help! -Charlotte

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