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Mar 4, 2005 | 02:07 PM

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Monkey-1

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Originally posted by SAJEFFC
Ok, did a little scientific research on this last night for my fellow forum buddies! Took a small bathroom scale and put in right front seat with engine running. Stood on right side nerf bar and slowly applied weight to scale. At 20 lbs exactly the air bag light came on...kept pressing and at exactly 85 lbs the light went back off. So the theory is any child between 20 and 85 lbs will shut off right front bag. Any lard a** over 85 lbs like me will turn bag and seat belt chime back on. Gotta love technology

Good work!

Is that your own version of Mythbusters??

Mar 4, 2005 | 02:13 PM

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jaydublyew

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A scale on anything other than a hard surface will give inaccurate readings.

Mar 4, 2005 | 03:15 PM

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AK Jay

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Don't forget to factor in the weight of the scale too!

hehehe My owners manual mentions this but didn't say the exact weights...

Mar 4, 2005 | 06:55 PM

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SAJEFFC

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Thanks Monkey1 ! Thats very true jaydub but I think it was accurate within a pound or two. Besides it proves the theory of the seat sensor at least. Another myth busted!!

Mar 4, 2005 | 07:04 PM

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dahlstrom34

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Kind of weird when you think that Ford has everything covered and they don't explain the specifics of probably the most important feature, SAFETY!!

Thanks for the MythBuster's demo, Jeff. I think that sounds about right though.

Now that's covered, next....

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