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Have you moved it lately? If its a Kangol & its not perfectly level, it locks up.
 
Be very careful with seat belts. For those of you who don't know my story it is a humorous one. Back when I first got my midget, it had lap belts and they were no original. I got in the car one day and took off only to have my gust wrenched out and found the seat belt so tight agianst my waist that I could not breath. The extra part of the seat belt had fallen out the door and I did not know it. It had went under the back tire as I was driving up my drive. Man was that painful. Be careful with loose seat belts.
 
intersiting way to take inches off your waist
I opened a volvo belt once wow springs move fast!!!

cheery
steve
 
I have had that happen on old inertia reels and the only remedy I found (pretty hit-or-miss) was gentle fiddling and tugging with varying intensities to try and free the locking dogs!!
 
sup_wit_camel said:
intersiting way to take inches off your waist
I opened a volvo belt once wow springs move fast!!!

cheery
steve
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Oh yeah, I nearly died but can laugh about it now. I made the mistake of telling everyone at work. That was 10 years ago and now that it is on the road, the seat belt question still comes up. normally any seat would have broken with that much force but thanks to the bulk head behind the seat in a midget, there was no such releif. Nice blue/yellow stripe around the middle for a couple weeks and pain but it went away.
 
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