seat belt

[deli1733]

i have a 1991 delica that doesnt have the shoulder belts for the captain chairs. i have to small kids still in carseats and ive read a couple of threads say you have to install mounts in place of the belt and another under the chair. i just took off the old belt and replaced it with a fixed belt like on the back bench seat and this seems to work good. is this not a good idea or has nobody thought of it yet

[chris]

What are you doing for the tether?

[deli1733]

i wasnt going to use it ive never had a car that had anythign to attach it to before

[flyfishn]

I attached my tether to the huge flange at the base of the seat. Had to remove the seat to do it but it was easy.

[chris]

Check the manual for the car seat(s).

Mine says "A tether strap must always be used with a vehicle whose lap belts only lock during a sudden stop or crash, OR with seat belts with buckles located forward of the seat crease."

So with fixed belts you have the first point covered. I guess the point of the second condition is that if the seat belts originate ahead of the crease, the whole car seat could pivot forward on the belts in a crash. Face plant. No good.

If it turns out the tether is required for your car seats and van, there are posts on here about it for L300 and L400.

Chris

[Meanman]

you need to use the tether when seats are forward facing, not when facing rearward.