Jim Arnott wrote:

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>> From: "diana k." <burning.girl@telus.net>
>> Date: Wed Nov 26, 2003  12:46:04 PM US/Pacific
>> To: vintagebus@type2.com
>> Subject: [VB] OT: Vanagon List?
>>
>> I'm hoping maybe somebody on the vanagon list can forward this
>> question to it?
>> I know I should wait until Friday but....
>> My boyfriend is trying to install a shoulder seatbelt on the middle
>> seat of
>> his '87 vanagon.  VW discontinued the belt but we found one from the
>> bus
>> depot.  The problem is we don't know what size the bolts are supposed
>> to be,
>> and we're a bit nervous about trying random sizes, since it is a
>> seatbelt and
>> we don't want to mess up the threads and all.  VW has been no help on
>> this.  I
>> tried searching the vanagon archives - seems this is a popular topic
>> but I
>> couldn't find the answer to this question anywhere after about an hour
>> I gave
>> up.
>>
>> Diana
>> Vancouver BC
>> ps. my '66 westy is parked for the winter...
>>
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Diana,
The upper bolt (for the shoulder strap hanger) is a special shoulder
head bolt, to allow the hanger to pivot, but the lower two (fixed) are
both 7/16X35mm hex head bolts (thread all the way up).
Hope this helps,
Doug in CT