Andrew Mace wrote:
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> On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Carol Zingone wrote:
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> > 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.
Just be glad the didn't try to make the stupid automatic seatbelts you
see in newer cars. Dozes of LBC owners would be stangled every year ;-)
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