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On 3 Mar 2005 at 7:46, Hal Sullivan wrote: > Nothing exciting about the belts, they're just Vanagon. Belts from just > about any '80s-era watercooled VW would be about the same, but Vanagon is A) > easier to get to, since they're just in a plastic pod (no taking the whole > car apart) and B) known to be plenty long enough. I have several self-retracting belt sets that I thought were from late type 3s, but I had noticed that there seemed to be 2 different lenths of webbing in them. I had assumed that VW had lengthened them to accommodate either people who where shorter, or more overweight, but it's also possible that some of mine actually came from a different VW model and just happen to look the same. I have the impression that each vehicle might use the same reels and much of the same hardware, but the webbing length and anchor brackets would likely change. I THINK that the ones I have which are different lengths still came with the type 3 anchor brackets. It's too bad you had to make those, Toby. I probably have an OE pair here. In my experience, I really prefer the shorter ones, because those tend to wind up in the reels better. I have a lot of trouble with these, because the springs tend to get sticky over time and stop retracting. I have to hand feed the belts back into the reels. I have a feeling that any liquid lubricant will eventually cause problems, but does anyone out there think they've got a real solution? Has anyone else noticed different length type 3 self-retracting belts? -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~