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ianminor
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seat belt strangulation!

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I have a 66 traveller. The seat belt anchorage on the door piller is very high and strangling my wife. That maybe a good thing you will say but she is still alive and complaining!. Anyone know if there is a way of adjusting this [lowerer it] so I can get some peace?
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Try an elastic band between the shoulder strap and the lap strap. In the event of an accident, The force of moving forward will break the band. Might hurt a bit as the person takes up the slack.
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Raise the seat with some blocks at the rear. You can get some branded for Mini's.
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Post by dalebrignall »

if you go to halfords you can get a clip that hangs on thetop bolt on the door piller.it has a cam ,ehich if you pull the belt so it does not hurt your neck apply the cam and you are away,i think its called break away they do work wall
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Post by ianminor »

Thats great!. Thanks that looks as if it's my solution [& hers]
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Re: seat belt strangulation!

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We had same prob with my wife's traveller, standard Securon seat belts are ok for saloons but not travellers, in my experience they are too short. I got round the problem by fitting a seat belt extender. There are two types, one extends the lap belt the other extends the belt where it joins the automatic reel. Good luck.
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southerly95 wrote:We had same prob with my wife's traveller, standard Securon seat belts are ok for saloons but not travellers, in my experience they are too short. I got round the problem by fitting a seat belt extender. There are two types, one extends the lap belt the other extends the belt where it joins the automatic reel. Good luck.
Then you can loop the belt round her neck and do it properly :lol:
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Be careful. North Norfolk is not that far from Essex, nearly Suffolk.
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8009STEVE wrote:Be careful. North Norfolk is not that far from Essex, nearly Suffolk.
Sorry, I got carried away. Forgot some folk have wives they care about. Mine hasn't got any life insurance,yet. :lol:
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Post by bmcecosse »

My Traveller has two mounting points on the pillar for the belt -a high one and a low one. Dunno if this was standard - or a mod by PO. The high one suits me ok - and the low one suits my dearest. Don't think there is enough belt to wrap it round her neck ..... but maybe worth a try.
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bmcecosse wrote:My Traveller has two mounting points on the pillar for the belt -a high one and a low one. Dunno if this was standard - or a mod by PO. The high one suits me ok - and the low one suits my dearest. Don't think there is enough belt to wrap it round her neck ..... but maybe worth a try.
Check her life insurance is paid up first!!
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