Automatic seatbelts

[DMC]

Hey i was just wondering if i can remove the little box behind the ebrake if i am putting in manual seatbelts. it looks like it is connected to the ecu so if anyone can tell me what parts i can remove thanks.

[Dousan_PG]

yeah take all that out. dont forget the rail track above doors.

[Agent_S13]

All I did was disconnect it. I left the wiring and box in there since it was a lot easier to raise the console a bit, unplug the sensors and leave it there. I thought that was easiest and only took 5 min, and its still there if I ever need to plug it back in. I also left the lapbelts in the car... not really worth trying to get under the carpeting and pulling it out. Don't even notice them now.

- (the other) Aaron
'91 240sx coupe

[DMC]

thanks but do u know if the seatbelt light will stay on all the time?

[old_s13]

I gutted the entire mechanism, motor, wiring harness, rails, you name it.. all gone.

- Mike

[JasonNagra]

About how much weight was all that manual crap you took out mike?

[Wiisass]

I took all the wires and stuff out too when i put my S14 belts in. The only thing you really have to remember is to give the black/red wire that goes into the time control unit. I didn't for a while and I had all kinds of weird things going on. The clock didn't work anymore, the door light stayed on, the wipers would go once whenever i started the car, but now everything is fine.

Taking out all the wires was kinda a pain, but it was worth it. It was weird because the wires went all the way around the back of the hatch to the plug for the motor on the passenger side. Well good luck.

Tim

[MarvynDT]

I took all the wires and stuff out too when i put my S14 belts in. The only thing you really have to remember is to give the black/red wire that goes into the time control unit. You lost me there. What do I give to the blk/red wire? Or did you mean to connect the blk/red wire to the time control unit. Where is the time control unit?

[Wiisass]

There's a red/black wire that goes from the time control unit to one of the plugs under the center console. I think it goes to pin 9 on the tcu. It's supposed to have 12 volts all the time. If you cut the tires going to the plugs you're going to cut that from its power supply. I used the white/blue wire, it's a little thicker, i think it's 12 or 14 gauge, that wire goes from the circuit breaker to the other plug under the center console. I just connected these two wires and everything is working fine.

Tim

[DJ Machine]

i like automatic seatbelts

[clean]

hey i want manual seat belts, what do i need for them. right now im bout 10 seconds from giving up on my 240, im taking my power windows from the crashed coupe and trying to put them on my ne manual window coupe doors. damm it sucks so bad.

[Wiisass]

just get the belts from an S14, they bolt right in.

[old_s13]

I dunno how much weight I saved with the removal of the auto-seatbelts, I didnt care about that.. I just dumped it into the bucket of useless crap, like my power steering. :)

I didnt have to do ANY wiring modifications, other than removing the damn wires. I had NO issues.. no wipers wiping, no seatbelt light, none of that.

The only downside to going with S14 seatbelts is you need to find longer upper pivot bolts should you want to put your interior back on... kinda tricky

- Mike

[Agent_S13]

Originally posted by DMC
thanks but do u know if the seatbelt light will stay on all the time?

Nope, no seatbelt light at all. I just unplugged them, no cutting at all. No warning light, no problems so far. :D

-Aaron
'91 240sx coupe

[mbmbmb23]

old_s13

So did you find that longer pivot bolt? If so...where?



-m

[old_s13]

I never really got around to USING a longer bolt. I did go to the dealer and my buddy who works in the parts department ended up finding a longer bolt, I beleive (and hope) its a grade8 bolt, but I cannot recall for sure.

I never really cared to get into finishing that all up. Thats when I decided to ditch that idea and go with a cage and harnesses.

Oh well.. you can pick up the torch I dropped and finish the project. :)