Re: [AMC-list] seat belt interlock system

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

My 74 Gremlin worked/works great - even after all these years (except for the rust).

Ken

Quoting Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Someone (as usual) was having trouble with their 74 AMC with the nightmare
> called seat 
> Belt Interlock System. I have a original wiring schematic on my site to help
> one figure 
> out this Area 51 Bermuda Trainagle of wiring on their classic AMC
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/main/seatbeltinterlock.htm
> 
> which might help others. For what it is worth if anything, every 1974
> anything AMC I have 
> ever had has had some sort of electrical wiring issues. If you have ever
> looked at AMC 
> shop manuals from 67-73 they are about 1 inch thick, then for 74 they are
> about size of 
> War & Peace, and Ivanhoe, big Harry Potter book and most dedicated to
> 'troubleshoooting' 
> wiring/electricals. This Seat Belt Interlock thing shoved down US automakers
> throats (all 
> of them, AMC, Ford, GM, Mopar) back in 73 was such a nightmare, Congress
> stepped in and 
> recinded the Law on this mess. A number of 75's were still made with it, and
> I believe a 
> few 76s non AMC models also got stuck with it.
> 
> If you have ever looked at a 74 AMC owners manual it basically says if car
> don't start, 
> get out and push matchstick into the red dealie on passenger side engine bay,
> which is the 
> override switch. I could imagine how many people did that in 74 in snowstorm
> or out on 
> date with new AMC would not start. Some of my own 'problems' with this Seat
> Belt Interlock 
> wiring has been (in no certain order) fuel & temp gauges giving inaccurate,
> false readings 
> or pegging, headlights turn off for no reason at night, courtesy lights
> may/may not work, 
> panel lights may/may not work, or flicker, brake, tail or both suddenly go
> out. And of 
> course sometimes fuses blow, keep in this is on a mess of different 74 AMCs I
> have owned, 
> not unique to one model either. The 74 Javelin, 304/AT 90K mile car I
> recently sold I 
> rewired it after having dash lights problems, then worked great. There was a
> matchstick 
> stuck in, and broke off decades ago in the seat belt module under hood also;
> the 74 AMX I 
> have has a screw screwed down into module from 1970s, yikes.
> 
> Anyways, hope that file above will help others. Feel free to mention any Seat
> Belt 
> Interlock problems you have encountered thru decades also. American
> Performance in FL I 
> believe reproduced a bypass wiring kit for the module years ago.
> Eddie Stakes
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
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