On , Sean Dunbar wrote to All :
SD> Question for y'all (yes, I'm a Texan, I have a right to say y'all ;) )... 
SD> is it common for the seat belt buzzers to quit working on early 80's Ford 
SD> F-150 pickups?  Mine has never worked since I've had the truck, and when 
SD> I 
SD> pulled the dash apart today, I found it.. I took a multimeter to it, and 
SD> it 
SD> does allow power to flow through it (with some resistance)... does this 
SD> sound 
SD> like the buzzer or the printed circuit in the dash?  The light works 
SD> fine. 
SD> Oddly, I can't recall ever seeing an early to mid 80's Ford product with 
SD> a 
SD> working seat belt buzzer...
It's that wonderful buzzer unit....every so often if you're releasing the
parking brake while the lights on you may get it to buzz. Most people just
disconnect them anyway. I have a CB radio on all the time (part of living in
the woods where it's your secondary telephone) and boy when you start the
truck and that buzzer goes, even the squelch on the radio won't muffle the
noise of the buzzer static.
The late 70's and the early 80's are basically the same in this area. Mine
never worked when I got it, then when I was running cable for the antenna, I
pushed in (I guess) and then it worked from then on. I'm guessing the last
owner pulled the connector out until it just quit working.
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