I have a complete driver's seat belt setup Matt.
I don't swap them side to side......
and not due to the wiring for the driver's side.....
but in case the lock mechanism in the real is dedicated to one side or the other.

btw, people can test if it's locking like it should, ( like it would need to in an accident )  by first make sure it pulls out smoothly, ( like pull on it at your chest, pulling the belt out of the reel ) 
then decelerate hard and check if  the belt locks up, like won't pull out , under pretty heavy braking.   Any acceleration or deceleration in any direction actually, I think, should make it lock up. 

Scott 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matthew Snook 
  To: 'wetwesties wetwesties' ; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:55 AM
  Subject: [WetWesties] WTB driver's side seat belt latch

    '84 1.9 Westy
  Corvallis, Oregon (but soon to be in Tygh valley, Klamath Falls, then
  Leavenworth WA - so I can pick it up if you're along the way!)

  Last night in Chemult my seat belt latch disintegrated when I got out to
  fill up at a gas station. This is the unit that bolts into the seat, and
  has the orange button to release the seat belt clip. I need the whole
  thing, since mine has been missing the cover from previous owner, and now
  the mechanism has fallen apart. The clip no longer fastens into place. So
  if anybody has a parts rig with a driver's side unit, I'll buy it. I don't
  know if the two sides are identical, but a first glance at mine shows that
  the passenger side doesn't sport the wiring for the seat belt buzzer.
  Either way, I still need one.

  Pmail me and I'll send you a phone number. Whatever you charge will
  probably be ok with me.

  Matt

  P.S.
  When I pulled into the station the vehicle at the next pump was another
  brown Wolfy Westy that would be the mirror image of mine but for the
  immaculate paint job, no roof-rack rails bolted onto the pop-top, it was
  clean and had no bike rack on the back, and there were two nice ladies in
  the front seats. Other than that, it was just like mine. I complimented
  them on their nice rig but they seemed less than conversational so I left it
  alone. I hate these immaculate rigs! I look back at my rather shabby and
  over-used Westy and sigh. But hey! I've got 30K of camping in mine the
  last two years, I'm headed to a four day music festival and hopefully
  Leavenworth after that (if I don't have to move my daughter into her new
  apartment...), so... Who's complainin?!? :)

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