my key quit working.
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my key quit working.
and now i've got the steering wheel removed... i can't afford the tow to the dealership, let alone the service. i'm just trying to do as little ugly-hacking as i can manage. so... i'm looking for detailed information about replacing igniton-key-cores, and replacing the plastic slidery-thingamagic attatched to the lever that 'needs' to be pressed to remove the key... i swear to christ i'm about ready to take the band-saw to it and start steering with a MF'n crescent-wrench!!! so yeah. uh, help. please.odcyoycq
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thanks robert. unfortunately that didn't work.
key quit turning again when i tried to re-mount the column. duck futz. C'est la Vie. i got the damn thing out. now to discover what a matched core is gonna cost.
in the meantime... well, it's not the most ghetto hack i've ever driven. i sure hope the install procedure goes a ton of a lot smoother than the extraction. as it turns out, a piece of the lock housing, not the core itself, had somehow cracked inside... dangumt strange thing that.
while i'm at it, what's the life-expectancy on that plastic actuator shaft? and what's the replacement procedure for that? is it supposed to have a <>10* bend in it where it couples?
key quit turning again when i tried to re-mount the column. duck futz. C'est la Vie. i got the damn thing out. now to discover what a matched core is gonna cost.
in the meantime... well, it's not the most ghetto hack i've ever driven. i sure hope the install procedure goes a ton of a lot smoother than the extraction. as it turns out, a piece of the lock housing, not the core itself, had somehow cracked inside... dangumt strange thing that.
while i'm at it, what's the life-expectancy on that plastic actuator shaft? and what's the replacement procedure for that? is it supposed to have a <>10* bend in it where it couples?
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well. got the key-core out. thank you drill! got everything else put back together, and the 'actual' switch rigged... for like, in the mean-time. so yay! but then i put the steering column back together, i know, as it turns out, disassembling it wasn't that necessary. but now that it's back together, even with-out the ignition lock switch installed, the little gearetty thing in back that actuates the connecting rod, STILL DOESN'T WORK... so... more debugging...
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thanks rick. is it possible to move this thread?
that'd be great. cause, C&P is not my friend either.
peace and grease!
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