My wife got back from picking u g of kids from school on Thursday and the middle lap belt on the rear seat had stopped working. Digging around, I've found a 20p, a 10p and a 5p piece in the slot the strap goes into, as well as a round notelet thing tangled up in the mechanism ( ). It must have fallen out of one of the kids' pockets ( ). I tried vibration in both the horizontal and vertical (ie/ lifting the seat up into the hinged up position) but no joy.

Any help or suggestions on how to deal with this would be very much appreciated.


Thanks

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

The Rug Rats strike again. The black plastic shroud around the buckle would seem to be in two halves. I don't have a spare one to take to bits to try it but it might be worthwhile splitting the casing to get access to the inside.

Cheers

noz

ps
is there any reason why this post is in the 'Available' section? Are you giving away any coins found in the buckle?

Don't know why it is available! Certainly the coins go to the person who solves the problem!!!

I'll take a look.

Hi Pasesa

If you cant fix the seat belt then I can probably find you a replacement.
I am in Winchester. If this is any help let me know.

Regards

XMexec

hixmexclusive, thanks for the offer.

It turns out I solved the problem. A 10p and a 20p had slipped down in the belt mechanism. I went to the industrial estate nearby which is built on a hillside and then reversed the car up a grass bank at the side of one of the industrial units so it was at an angle of about 30 degrees from horizontal. Then tilting the back seat up and forward the coins rolled forward and I could get them out with some tweezers. Without going up the slope, the seat didn't tilt quite forward enough and gravity still pulled the coins into the mechanism.

Thanks for all the suggestions and long live slopes and negative gravity!

Regards

Andrew

coins, inertia seat belt mechanism. So a search engine can find this!