Pulling Up Carpets! Orange Cable?

[Steve]

tomorrow i am going to pull out my carpets to try and solve my leak and dry them out.....
What is the orange cable which runs under the carpet to the seat? is it ok to disconnect it if needs be.....
Is it straight forward taking the carpet out or is it a proper bitch? :afro:

[fuzzy_orange]

The orange cable goes to the pre-tensioner on the seat belts
Part of the air bag safety system

Disconnect the battery just to be on the safe side
Disconnect the orange cable from the seat belt clip, then you can remove the seats

The carpet aint too bad - you just have to cut a bit in the middle around the dash - you'll see when you get to that bit ;)

[Steve]

The orange cable goes to the pre-tensioner on the seat belts
Part of the air bag safety system

Disconnect the battery just to be on the safe side
Disconnect the orange cable from the seat belt clip, then you can remove the seats

The carpet aint too bad - you just have to cut a bit in the middle around the dash - you'll see when you get to that bit ;)

cheers mate, the airbag isnt going to go off is it when i pull the cable out? even with the battery d/c i thought they could still go off? :panic:

[ets2k9]

Mine didn't and I didnt do anything sensible like disconnect the battery.

[Steve]

cheers guys!

[rob_s]

not if you leave them to discharg,mate,tbh its rare that they go off with the battery connected,

but all the same alwasy disconect the battery

and takeing it out is easy.... just hope it dont shrink when its dried lol then you will be fooked lol,tat happend to a mate of mins... it dont fit under the door seals etc now alwasy stciks up,looks a right mess :lol:

[Sean]

the airbag wont go off, i've unplugged mine to get my seats out before, i even cut the steering wheel one when i changed the steering wheel and it didn't go off :)

[doubledavies]

undo the bat and let the capcitors loose charge for 10 mins

undo the seat nuts and all other nuts e.g back bench and seatblet rails


then unclip the clips under the seat with a flat bladed screwdriver (you will see what i mean)

by undoing the nuts first u can tilt the seat for better access

[TU-Tuning]

Best to disconnect it and leave for about 30 minutes just to be safe though id say.

[doubledavies]

bugger beat me too it

[Steve]

cheers rep for you all! xmas has come early

[rob_s]

iv got a sapir airbag,well full set up ben tryin to sell it for a wile.... if it dont sell i can see myself tryin to blow it up over the boreing xmas holidays if am not careful? how would u do it i wonder :afro: i know stupid as fook bla bla but wft u only live once :lol:

[doubledavies]

btw i have heard stories of peeps loosing parts of themselves as airbags went off

[Steve]

btw i have heard stories of peeps loosing parts of themselves as airbags went off

get my helmet on :fcuk:

[rob_s]

double davies yea iv herd that 2..... but the most common is.......

when the airbags go off and a passenger,driver of the car is sick then the airbag goes down and acts like a bowl.. or it seaps in through the de flation holes...... now thats mingin! remember we had a tt in that had happend in once..... i was nearly sick at the site of it

[doubledavies]

^ ewwwww

i must admit when it turned the key first time i did it through the window and looked away!!!!!

BANG!!!!!!!!!!


only jokin

[ets2k9]

Your all far to safty cautious I didn't have any of these dramas.

[doubledavies]

^ i like all 9 of my fingers lol

[TU-Tuning]

Lol you need a firearms license to legally handle em so you should be pretty careful really. Just reminded me of whne my mate fired a shotgun and held it like a rifle. Was like that scene from men in black, fookin funny

[doubledavies]

. Just reminded me of whne my mate fired a shotgun and held it like a rifle. Was like that scene from men in black, fookin funny


do you hold them like a pistol then?????

i hold shotguns like a rifle

tucked into the shoulder, braced for the kick

[TU-Tuning]

Sorry expalined that badly, basically rested it on top of his shoulder, kinda pinned down onto his shoulder by the side of his head lookin down the barrels like a scope. So he flew a fair way. Bit of a stupid bloke.

[doubledavies]

Sorry expalined that badly, basically rested it on top of his shoulder, kinda pinned down onto his shoulder by the side of his head lookin down the barrels like a scope. So he flew a fair way. Bit of a stupid bloke.

^ no that is stupid lol

black eye?

[TU-Tuning]

Lol yea. And a lot of swearing. And laughter from us lot ;)

[doubledavies]

i bet if everyone lifted their carpets there wouldbe some water under there

cue national wet carpet saxo week

[gibs-rallye]

back on topic mate. like people have said disconnect the battery leave for a while and unplug the pretensioners dont worry there not that scary.

never heard of needing a firearms licensce to handle airbags i deal with them very often and i havent been told that, by the way i work for durham police so if it was a serious matter i'm sure we would have had the proper paperwork?

but like i said stevey dont be scared and leave the carpet out get that thing stripped. u know it makes sense

[ets2k9]

but like i said stevey dont be scared and leave the carpet out get that thing stripped. u know it makes sense

Your still converting them Father Gibs ;)

[gibs-rallye]

Your still converting them Father Gibs ;)

its my new mission to convert as many people as possible :y:

[doubledavies]

mines stripped and im loving it

[gibs-rallye]

good man. on the plus side u cant be used as a taxi anymore by mates and less to hover haha

[doubledavies]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/doubledavies/stripped.jpg

[ets2k9]

I thought you said it was stripped whats all that plastic trim about?




;)

[doubledavies]

on the fence, kinda want to leave it after stripping the car. but dont want to go all the way as i will pob need the seats in sometime

[Steve]

but like i said stevey dont be scared and leave the carpet out get that thing stripped. u know it makes sense

i am so tempted to leave them out! going to have it stripped all week at least dont have time to put it back in after work on a night time!:y:

[gibs-rallye]

get them seat belts out but pull them a bit and tie a not in them otherwiae they end up locked. an plastic trim needs to go asap.

[Steve]

get them seat belts out but pull them a bit and tie a not in them otherwiae they end up locked.

what do you mean? dont know whether to leave it totally stripped??

Might leave the seats out, carpet is going to be out for at least a week! :p

[gibs-rallye]

if u remove the seat belts pull them out about 4 or 5 inches and tie a big knot otherwise the belt will recoil and lock therefore makin it useless from experience i know this. leave it out its fun. u've seen mine and the other rallye!

[Steve]

if u remove the seat belts pull them out about 4 or 5 inches and tie a big knot otherwise the belt will recoil and lock therefore makin it useless from experience i know this. leave it out its fun. u've seen mine and the other rallye!

am struggling to get the rear card off now! pulled the rear window seal up, now what?

[gibs-rallye]

mate i think u have to take the parcel shelf support piece off.

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