Nick Barnes Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Found a Tutorial on roof removal posted back in 2009 on here it was a great help managed to get my rear bottom seat out and the rear door cards, without too many swearing, Found the hidden screw that you cant get to without a small Philips in the plastic piece at the end of the rear seat I used a 90 degree bent one that I had but I think that also a small socket would fit in the small gap If you have one ? but the pieces are now indoors drying after a clean up, Tomorrow I will check and lube the seat belt hopefully to make them retract better ? and then try to remember what went where to reassemble it. While its apart I will also try and trace the wires from the interior light to see if I can find a break ? if not, maybe I can rewire it from where I am getting power up to ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Barnes Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 Update sprayed the seat belts with WD40 but still the same maybe a bit better ? but we will see after a few days use ? On a good note traced the wires back from the interior light and found that the Earth connector block behind the B pillar in the Drivers passenger side foot well, had totally corroded inside, so just cut the connector out, stripped back the wires until I got to good wire and reconnected the wire, and now its working another job ticked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RScab Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Nick hav you removed the seat belts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Barnes Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 Nick hav you removed the seat belts? I took off the top securing Torx bolt, disconnected the bottom arm. stripped out the quarter panel to get access to the rest of the belt, undid the belt guide held in place by two Philips screws half way down the B pillar, and the Torx bolt under the unit, then could not get the actual inertia reel out of its location because there is a " metal strap" holding it in place ? Fixed from the inertia reel to one side of the B pillar ? and I couldn't work out how that came off ? tried torx ? allen keys ? screw drivers nothing seemed to fit into it ? so I left it in place and just sprayed the unit with WD40. There is no mention of this metal strap in the Haynes manual ? but its definitely factory fitted to keep the inertia reel in place, as well as the Torx bolt under the unit. They only mention the Torx nothing about this metal strap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RScab Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 The Belt needs to be at the correct angle to operate  theres a metal ball inside the inertia part of the real which moves locking the belt as it's designed to do in a crash  the belt needs to be in its fitted angle & position to release the belt  If you have allowed the belt to retract fully it will be a bit of a job to release but just keep trying and pull up & down slowly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skittles80 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Ended up replacing my seatbelt from another car in the end one day it locked so could not pull belt out another day it locked tight whilst I was wearing it with all the striping involved it was quicker and easier to just replace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Barnes Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Mine is not locked ? its just very slow to retract ? especially the last foot ? Seems like it could do with more tension on the spring ? this is on both sides of the car so you end up threading it back in the last bit, so it doesn't hang loose. It works when I pull it hard, like a sudden jolt would do in an accident so not an MOT failure just annoying. Not sure if you can even re-tension it ? and to take it all apart again haha I'll wait for warmer weather. But has anyone else got this bar ? I've looked on the internet pics and you tube and in the Haynes Manual and cant see another one with it attached ? they all just have one Torx bolt and then it comes out ? Wish I'd taken a picture of it now Grrr its a brass coloured metal strip about 4" long , 1/4 " wide that goes across the whole width of the unit and then fixed at 1 fitting point on the B pillar on the front face towards the front ( so to the right of the unit on the nearside ? left on the off side ) ? ( I think its riveted to the actual unit ? ) I was looking more at the B pillar fitting, maybe it comes off the unit and swings up or down to let you remove the unit itself I did not spend too much time looking at it I wanted to get the car back together as it was cold haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincygav Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I did try spraying mine with WD40 years ago, I just left it as it is, doesn't retract back all the way anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Barnes Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 I did try spraying mine with WD40 years ago, I just left it as it is, doesn't retract back all the way anymore.yep mines better, but not good, I will live with it until I have to take the door cards off at a later date and check out that strap thing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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