You will likely have to get the belt from a junkyard unless you want to order the whole thing from a dealer (at least in my limited experience). I tried to get a part for a Ford Taurus a few years back and the dealer parts fellow told me they cannot get parts due to a concern about safety issues. If anything goes wrong with a seat belt, they make you order the whole belt - both pieces and it is not inexpensive.
On the other hand, a friend found a place that repaired a seatbelt for his mid 80's Buick. A spring of some sort had broken or become dislodged and fallen out. No tension on the release button. He called some junkyards looking for a used replacement after striking out at the dealer. One of them told him to bring in the offending half of the seatbelt. He removed it from the car and took it to them. They took it in the back and brought it out again within a couple of minutes repaired. They would not show or tell him how they did it and would only take cash for the repair. He felt they must have some special tool that permitted them to take it apart as he said you couldn't get at it the way it was. Randy B -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 2:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Seat Belt Problem Howdy - On my '91 300D 2.5 W124 the thing that plugs into the female thing when I connect the seat belts together (don't you love all these technical terms I use??) is broken. It still snaps into place but the edges are shop and I usually end up cutting my hand on the sharp edges as I buckle up - Is it possible to replace just the 'male' buckle part or should I replace the whole assembly? Next question - where can I finds the parts I'll need? TIA -- Sincerely, Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
