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Its been so long since I stripped out the interior of my RB GT I cant remember how the seat belt receiver stalk fits around the side of the seats.
When I first put the seats back in the seat belt receivers got trapped between the seat and the transmission tunnel jamming the seat from moving forward.

The side trim of the seat backrest and a small plastic moulding there sticks out a bit. Should the seat belt receiver's stalk go under this or over it?

Not much use to you I suppose, butI have this kind of classic belt, fitted from new. No problem of the kind you have encountered.

Ian F

Thanks anyway. I've ordered a new pair of inertia reel belts from the Hive as one mechanism rattled and the other has a slightly damaged receiver casing.

The original driver's side belt receiver includes a microswitch to operate the seat belt warning light. I doubt the replacement will have that feature but it wasnt mandatory when the car was made and wont be missed.

The receiver stacks are a tight fit between the side of the seat & the transmission. The receiver socket sits under the adjustment leaver - see attached.
(I replaced my original deck chair style dressed seats with leather on same style frames).
Cheers, Charles

Thanks Charles. That is just what i needed

I extended my stalks with a piece of stout flat steel bar about 4 inches long. I mean I bolted the steel to the belt mounting point and then used some proper seat belt bolts and nuts to attach the stalk to the bar. Makes a world of difference to the fit of the belt round your hips. It helps a bit with tipping the seat forward, but the belt socket still gets in the way. The rigid belt stalk really doesn't suit the MGB's tight cabin. A socket attached with belt webbing would work much better, as in Ian's post. But I like to have the inertia reel.

That adaption, moving the bolt point forward sounds really good.

Here is a photo of what I did. The steel bar is from Toolstation (https://www.toolstation.com/dual-coated ... ate/p14127). It is 3mm thick so is well able to take any loading that might be put on it. I had to slightly enlarge the holes to suit the belt bolts.