seatbelts?????

[Isuzusweet]

I do love duct tape/gaffers tape, and I have no doubt that should an accident occur my two girls would stay put if I taped them to the couch, but they're hoping for an easier solution.
Our 310 has no seatbelts for the rear passengers. A previous owner pulled out the two buckets in front behind the passengers seat, placed sound deadening material on the floor and recarpeted. All that's there now is two armchairs that are not fastened to the floor (think about what's going to happen when they start to fly). The couch behind the driver has no seatbelts either. The 345 we looked at had them for the couch.
Where can we get a set and how difficult would they be to install?

Thanks again for the help.

[overlander63]

They should be available at almost any auto parts store. If not, any auto salvage yard should have bunches of them. I remember the belts were attached at the floor, on each rear mounting bolt where it goes from the seat into the floor. you may have to try a stud finder to locate the metal pieces under all the new stuff.

[Mike Leary]

The chairs behind the passenger seat never had seat belts, but the couch did. Check in the roadside fold-out to see if the belts are still there, or at least, the connections.

[dadstoy]

Originally Posted by Mike Leary

The chairs behind the passenger seat never had seat belts, but the couch did. Check in the roadside fold-out to see if the belts are still there, or at least, the connections.

Same here, found mine under the couch, between the wall and the water tank. I leave them under the coach and tell others sorry I can't take you with on the trip because I don't have seatbelts for you!

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by Mike Leary

The chairs behind the passenger seat never had seat belts, but the couch did. Check in the roadside fold-out to see if the belts are still there, or at least, the connections.

Originally Posted by dadstoy

Same here, found mine under the couch, between the wall and the water tank. I leave them under the coach and tell others sorry I can't take you with on the trip because I don't have seatbelts for you!

I have seen those barrel chairs with seat belts, they usually are attached where the pedestal is bolted to the floor. Whether OEM, or aftermarket installed, I can't tell you. As a rule, though, if the chair can't be locked in one position (ie, swivels with no way to keep it from swiveling), it should not be used for travel.

BTW, Mike, how is Bess doing?

[dadstoy]

I still have the original decals above my barrel chairs...

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by dadstoy

I still have the original decals above my barrel chairs...

And no seat belts there, right?

[dadstoy]

Originally Posted by overlander63

And no seat belts there, right?

Correct.

[SteSpot]

Our 82 24' MH has two seat belts fastened to the floor under the streetside lounge behind the drivers seat. Don't think I would have know that if we hadn't taken the lounge out to be reupholstered. Girls need seat belts.....boys too for that matter and dogs maybe as well.....don't want a 53 pound projectile dog coming forward....we are going to install a place to restrain our dog comfortably......just haven't decided where yet. paula

[Isuzusweet]

I remembered looking at the road side storage and not seeing the belts which were very apparent in the 345 we had seen as they were attached at the bottom of the storage. That is not to say that they are not there. They maybe folded up in the bottom of the couch some where? I will check when I get her home.

Thanks guys

PS I have a WIX number for the oil filter of 51282 but I'm not 100% on Wix. The stock Isuzu number is 1-13240161-0????

[crazeevw]

I've got a set of seatbelts on both dining seats. Not too familiar with your floorplan, but if you have dinette, look there as well. Both of my barrel chairs have seatbelts, the belts are attached at bottom of chair with a very sturdy looking metal bar.
Good Luck, Derek

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by SteSpot

Our 82 24' MH has two seat belts fastened to the floor under the streetside lounge behind the drivers seat. Don't think I would have know that if we hadn't taken the lounge out to be reupholstered. Girls need seat belts.....boys too for that matter and dogs maybe as well.....don't want a 53 pound projectile dog coming forward....we are going to install a place to restrain our dog comfortably......just haven't decided where yet. paula

Paula, four anchors in the floor with two straps to hold a crate on the floor should be more than enough. I can snap a few pictures of the anchors and straps Monday when I get to work.

[Smartstream]

Originally Posted by Isuzusweet

I remembered looking at the road side storage and not seeing the belts which were very apparent in the 345 we had seen as they were attached at the bottom of the storage. That is not to say that they are not there. They maybe folded up in the bottom of the couch some where? I will check when I get her home.

Thanks guys

PS I have a WIX number for the oil filter of 51282 but I'm not 100% on Wix. The stock Isuzu number is 1-13240161-0????

Check out this site Oil Filters Revealed - MiniMopar Resources
It gives a lot of good info on filters. Wix makes filters for NAPA and Carquest and have made excellent filters for years. Also they are much easier to find than the Isuzu filter which is probably made by one of the major filter companies, maybe even Wix.

The Barrel chairs mentioned by Crazyvw in the 34.4 are mounted on a rigid base with a locking swivel like the driver an passenger chairs and the belts are bolted to the bar which is bolted to the base which is bolted to the floor. If anybody is interested I have 2 extra bases.

On my coach the front seat bases and seat belts are bolted to the steel tube cross members under the floor, not just through the floor.

Cheers, Dan

[swebster]

Ours had three sets behind the couch (I found them a year after owning and using the coach). They were all in bad shape so I replaced them with new belts from JC Whitney. Now we have belts in the couch and dinette.

[Keyair]

My '84 345 has 3 lap belts on the couch behind the driver.
On my M/H I have a Dinette behind the passenger seat, and no belts fitted. The overhead storage also has the same sticker that Dadstoy's has.
We will be putting 4 lap belts on the dinette seating and am interested to get comment on a secure way to bolt them to the floor?
I was thinking that a bolt thru the floor close to one of the floor crossmembers with a tab welded to bolted to that would be good...

[elbundi]

I replaced the passenger side with a autoparts store lap seatbelt for less than $15

The first 3 pictures here are of the dinette seatbelt
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f311...tml#post544954