Another day was spent on connecting the headlight harness to the firewall, and highbeam foot switch. I added about a foot of wire between the two harnesses to allow routing out of the way. I had enough split loom tubing to make it look nice. I also attached the second mounting point for the seatbelt. There is an access cover in the cargo panel. I drilled a mounting hole in the panel just rear of the door. Ran a Fish tape through the mounting hole to the access hole and pulled a string through. I had previously glued a nut and lockwasher to the 3ā€ washer for the seatbelt anchor. I placed that on the string and tied a screw to pull the washer inside the panel. There is a small bracket between the inner and outer cargo panels. I had to get past that. I pulled the mount into place and held it there with magnets before removing the string. Carefully started the seatbelt bolt and then cranked it tight. The other side will be for another day, I had to reglue the nut/lockwasher/washer. This is a one-shot procedure, do it right one time. The third mounting point for that part of the seatbelt can go in the side of the seat riser. The other half of the seatbelt, the short part, needs to go in the floor. I had thought about going through the seat riser. I’m considering widening an existing bolt hole just rear of the seat riser. One of the bed strip bolt holes could work with a larger bolt.
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SeatbeltFish.jpg (119.84 KB, 91 downloads)
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SeatbeltString.jpg (101.14 KB, 89 downloads)
SeatbeltInnerPanel.jpg (59.16 KB, 87 downloads)
Bracket inside panel truck cargo panels
SeatbeltMountPlacement.jpg (67.65 KB, 91 downloads)
How to mount a shoulder seatbelt in a panel truck.
SeatbeltMounting.jpg (87.1 KB, 87 downloads)
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