[Bricklin] 74 seat belt interlock

[John T. Blair]

At 11:05 AM 1/28/2018, Ross Forfar wrote:

 >I'm sure all 74's had an interlock system.  I have a 74 4speed & I 
had to buy a
 >harness from Terry to eliminate the interlocking system.  The main 
brains of the
 >old interlocking system is about a 4" x 4" light brown coloured 
fiberglass(??)
 >piece.  On my car, I found it hanging low on the passenger side 
tucked under my
 >carpet at the top near the hump.  I would have sent some pics but not home
 >right now.  Hope this helps??

 >Ross

Thanks.  Yes, we have the box as the interior is out of the car.  But 
not sure hot to bypass the interlock box.  Basically, I'm trying to 
do a couple of things:

1. Defeat the seat belt interlock system.

2. Trouble shoot the "no start" problem.

In the past, have defeated the system by jumpering the output pins of 
the relay
on the fender well.  But when I did that the car would start in 
gear.  Not a good
thing.

You say you had to purchase a harness from Terry.  Do you rememeber 
how much of a harness?  Were there only a couple of wires in the new 
harness?  Where did it connect to? You didn't have to purchase a 75 
dash harness did you?

John







>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Greg Schroeder" <gschroeder at comcast.net>
>To: Bricklin at autox.team.net, "John T. Blair" <jblair1948 at cox.net>
>Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 6:35:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bricklin] 74 seat belt interlock
>
>John,
>
>I had a similar issue with my 74.  I actually drove back to the house to
>pick up something got back in the car and it would not start.  No voltage to
>the starter solenoid and it ended up being the fusible link at the
>voltmeter.  The bolt was loose for some reason.  Tightened it up and the car
>restarted.
>
>I did reconnect the wiring under the seat during a meet when they thought
>they would just the fasten seat belt light to see if it would work.  The
>light never came on, but I had no issue starting the car with it connected
>or disconnected.
>
>Greg
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