Hello! So I have a Volvo 740 1987. I just got this car and am trying to find out how to take out the drivers side seat belt. It's broken to the point I can't use it. It has a huge knot in it and no bottom belt for around the waist. Any help would be great. Also any video references or pictures will help too! Thank you!!

 

the end is bolted to the seat frame, bigass bolt that requires some serious torque to break loos. The retractor is inside the B pillar (between the front and rear doors), remove the plastic interior trim, and you can unbolt that retractor. not sure when they started, but many have 'explosive tensioners' in the retractor, so disconnect the battery, and wait a few hours for the capacitor to discharge, then when you remove that B pillar trim, follow the wire to the tensioner (its a cylinder sticking up on the side of the retractor reel, and probably has an orange 'explosive' sticker), and unplug said wire for safety before unbolting the rectractor reel.

sorry no pictures.

suggestion: find a 740/940 in a junkyard, get its seatbelt out, THEN take yours out and replace it.

 

Thank you so much! We are going to pull and save today to get the parts for my car there is so much wrong with it. It's not even funny!! Thanks for the help.

 

oh, there's probably another massive bolt holding the slider up near the top of the B pillar

 

when I swapped seats on my 740, I found the best tool to break those big bolts was NOT a wrench, it was a large metric hex bit, on a beefy 1/2" drive ratchet. I don't remember the size but it was in my collection of craftsmen metric hex bits that range from small 1/4" drive to 3/8" drive to a few large 1/2" drive ones.

 

Alright! Thanks. We are going to go to pull and save to get the seat belt because we weren't able to yesterday. Hopefully we can today. Found out I also have to replace a door handle and figure out some electrical issues with the blinkers. And running lights. And break lights.