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07-09-2004, 08:28 PM
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seat belt like a straight jacket
I hope someone will have some advice. I bought the '84 300SD a couple months ago. When I have the seat adjusted as I like it the seat belt is just too short. I have absolutely no room to move at all. It is extending all the way, it's just too short. Yes, I'm fat but jimmenny christmas, not that fat! I know I have seen plenty of stout men tooling around in their MB's! I have taken to pulling the passenger belt over, passing it through my belt and then clicking the passenger side latch in my holder. That gives me a bunch more moving room but when I have a passenger it's a no go. My other idea was to get a length of seat belt somewhere with the sliding latch part and tie it onto my belt and use that to connect to the floor part. Please don't lecture me on the safety aspects of this! Trying to drive without being able to lean forward or twist a bit to look for cars is pretty unsafe too. Where would I get a piece of seat belt and slider --at a parts yard? Would it have to come from a '84 300 SD? Someone told me to just put in a lap belt but I feel safer with the shoulder belt. I hope someone has some ideas, I like the car but want to be as safe as possible and also comfortable.
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07-09-2004, 10:05 PM
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Are you 100% sure it's extending all the way? It should be plenty long enough for you but who knows what's been done to it in the past. I would go to a salvage yard and find another one (or find someone parting out an SD), should be ok from any W126 300SD.
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1985 300D Turbo ~225k 2000 F350 (Powerstroke) 4X4, SWB, CC, SRW, 6spd ~148k 1999 International 4900, DT466e (250hp/660 ft/lbs), Allison MD3060 ~73k
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07-09-2004, 11:23 PM
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Noticed the same problem on my '79 240D..... constrictor seat-belts that tighten themselves pinning the driver to the seat. I pulled the belt from its holster to desired length - then safety pinned the fabric so it wouldnt retract. This solved the problem.
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07-09-2004, 11:28 PM
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Not sure if MB has them, but I remember GM offering seat belt extenders for those folks that needed them.
Might want to find another 126 and try the seatbelt in it, to see if it is the exception or the rule. Good luck, -Larry
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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein 09 Jetta TDI 1985 300D
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