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I'm hoping someone here knows something about AMC seat belt wiring.
When I bought my 87 J10, the female or buckle side of the driver seat belt was all busted up. The strap is attached to a buckle frame. Under the buckle frame is an interlocking metal thumb latch and a spring plate. All of this is housed inside the rear plastic shell. A 12v wire is still connected thru the strap and into the shell, but the shell itself is busted and several buckle parts are obviously missing.
For now, I'm using the middle seat buckle until I fix the driver side. There is no seat belt buzzer or instrument warning light.
Last week I found a junked 83 Wagoneer. Unfortunately the driver front buckle was busted just like mine, but the rears were in decent shape so I bought two AMC-branded rear buckles and one male latch/strap.
Of course the rear buckles from the 83 Wagoneer don't have the electrical connector. So I started parting one out, hoping I could use the parts to fix my J10 driver buckle.
Has anybody done this?
I'll supply some photos in a few minutes. Here's what I've done so far.
On my 87 J10 driver side buckle:
The 12V wire goes from the harness behind the seat, through the strap, and into the tan plastic rear shell for the buckle. Inside the buckle shell, I found a thin piece of metal inside a white plastic holder which completes a circuit between the two lead wires with no obvious mechanical switch or mechanism to interrupt the circuit. Also, one lead wire was broken but I carefully soldered it back together and routed the wires correctly back into the buckle shell. I get continuity between the two 12v leads (which doesn't make sense IF this is a switch).
On the 83 donor:
I was able to carefully pull the 83 buckle apart, removing the plastic face from the rear shell. This exposed the internal components. There is no wire, of course, but the rear shell has the same internal contours to fit the wire into the housing, if one were to be supplied. The buckle otherwise has all its necessary parts in good shape.
Is there something missing that grounds or interrupts this circuit? Am I missing any parts? Is this even a switch? Any help appreciated. I will post photos later today.
When I bought my 87 J10, the female or buckle side of the driver seat belt was all busted up. The strap is attached to a buckle frame. Under the buckle frame is an interlocking metal thumb latch and a spring plate. All of this is housed inside the rear plastic shell. A 12v wire is still connected thru the strap and into the shell, but the shell itself is busted and several buckle parts are obviously missing.
For now, I'm using the middle seat buckle until I fix the driver side. There is no seat belt buzzer or instrument warning light.
Last week I found a junked 83 Wagoneer. Unfortunately the driver front buckle was busted just like mine, but the rears were in decent shape so I bought two AMC-branded rear buckles and one male latch/strap.
Of course the rear buckles from the 83 Wagoneer don't have the electrical connector. So I started parting one out, hoping I could use the parts to fix my J10 driver buckle.
Has anybody done this?
I'll supply some photos in a few minutes. Here's what I've done so far.
On my 87 J10 driver side buckle:
The 12V wire goes from the harness behind the seat, through the strap, and into the tan plastic rear shell for the buckle. Inside the buckle shell, I found a thin piece of metal inside a white plastic holder which completes a circuit between the two lead wires with no obvious mechanical switch or mechanism to interrupt the circuit. Also, one lead wire was broken but I carefully soldered it back together and routed the wires correctly back into the buckle shell. I get continuity between the two 12v leads (which doesn't make sense IF this is a switch).
On the 83 donor:
I was able to carefully pull the 83 buckle apart, removing the plastic face from the rear shell. This exposed the internal components. There is no wire, of course, but the rear shell has the same internal contours to fit the wire into the housing, if one were to be supplied. The buckle otherwise has all its necessary parts in good shape.
Is there something missing that grounds or interrupts this circuit? Am I missing any parts? Is this even a switch? Any help appreciated. I will post photos later today.
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