E 250 V8-4.6L VIN W (2006)
1. Make a container to house the safety belt buckle or retractor for deployment.
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NOTE: The tires must be of sufficient size to accommodate the safety belt buckle or retractor.
Obtain a tire and wheel assembly and an additional 4 tires (without wheels) of the same size.
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With the tire and wheel assembly on the bottom, stack the tires.
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Securely tie all of the tires together.
2. Depower the system.
3. Remove the safety belt buckle or retractor.
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When deploying a safety belt buckle pretensioner, install a nut and bolt of sufficient length and of the same diameter as was used to retain it to
the seat.
4. NOTE: If the safety belt buckle or retractor does not have a hard-wired pigtail, it will be necessary to cut the wires and connector(s) from the
vehicle wire harness and reconnect to the safety belt buckle or retractor.
Cut each of the safety belt buckle or retractor wires near the electrical connector that connects to the vehicle wire harness.
5. Remove any sheathing (if present) and strip the insulation from the ends of the cut wires.
6. Make a jumper harness to deploy the safety belt buckle or retractor.
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Obtain 2 wires (20 gauge minimum) at least 9.14 meters (30 feet) long and strip both ends of each wire.
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At one end of the jumper harness, connect the wires together.
7. NOTE: Typical safety belt retractor pretensioner shown, other safety belt buckle pretensioners and load limiting retractors are similar.
Using the end of the jumper harness that the wires are not connected together, attach each wire of the jumper harness to each wire of the safety belt
