A new project : a 5000TD !

[Steve Sears]

Louis-Alain,
If the switch is the same as in the early Type 44's, in order to pull the 
ignition key cylinder you will need to drill the cast aluminum steering 
housing to push in the retaining spring which keeps the assembly in the 
column.  Once released, the assembly will look like:
http://europartsamerica.com/parts/product_details/443905855A
Notice that the whole assembly, including 2 matching keys is less than 15 
bucks US!  (Trick is, you'll need to have somebody in the US order the 
part....Europarts America is very difficult to order from in Canada IME)
Once you have swapped the ignition cylinder, changing the door, glove box 
and trunk locks to work with the ignition keys is relatively easy.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes

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> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 09:42:02 -0400
> From: Ales <ragtop at gmail.com>
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> Louis-Alain writes:
>> But for now, the biggest problem is the keys : the grand-children of the
>> actual owner lost the keys. They removed a door lock to have one 
>> re-created,
>> but this key doesn't work in the ignition.