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Jim Adney wrote: > That would be on the passenger side only. It's to a sensor which > >tells the car whether there is someone sitting in that seat or not. >It's part of the seat belt warning light and buzzer system. The >mating plug would have come out from the tunnel area, but someone may >have cut it off. > > > On '74's (obviously not T3's but all other cars sold in the US) it served as part of an interlock system. If there was weight in the seat, and the belt wasn't buckled, the car wouldn't start. People in 1974 weren't ready for this (seatbelts had only been mandated a few years earlier, and it wouldn't be until the '80s that mandatory seatbelt laws would come into place.). Most people ended up just buckling the seatbelt and sitting on it, or getting their mechanic to jumper the contact switch in the belt buckle. It was a failure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~