On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Carol Zingone wrote:
> Won't start. Annoying seat belt light and buzzer come on. Fasten seat
> belt. Same thing. Fasten passenger seat belt. Same thing. Close
> door. same thing (see the aggravating pattern ?!)...
> Book has many diagrams/schematics. How do I disconnect this bloody
> annoying English built-in short-circuit system ????
It seems inevitable on 1974 "Federal" cars that this will (have)
happen(ed). With a '74 Spitfire 1500 I had many years ago, it appeared
that something in the mighty SMITHS control module finally went stark
raving bonkers. I solved the problem by bypassing the module with (IMS)
the white/red wire from the ignition -- taking that wire directly to the
starter solenoid rather than having it run through the module. (I think
that's what I did; it was some time ago.) You might have some luck just
disconnecting the seat sensor wires, but my guess is that the fault is in
the module itself.
I guess I'm just amazed that you still have any vestige of the "seat belt
interlock" system in place after all these years!
--Andy
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