[s-cars] ignition switch r&4: need help

[Konstantine Bogach]

  It seems to me the switch does not mate with lock properly.  Whatever 
I did I could not make the switch follow the key:  I turn ignition on, 
but can not turn it off.  Seems like lock's tong, or whatever it is 
which goes the switch's slot, bites it to turn ignition on but in 
opposite direction it is not able to rotate the switch.  I reached the 
dark side of the lock and I am afraid something wrong there.   The tong 
is not just flat tab but feels like a complex shape.  It also feels 
like  there are 2 rotating  parts and  they move not uniformly.  Anyone 
has a car with stripped dash panel to make a picture of the lock from 
inside?   How to remove the lock?  I did not find in Bentley anything 
about switch/lock replacement procedure (I looked in ignition section 
and the index)

Konstantine

On 10/10/2010 05:11 PM, Konstantine Bogach wrote:
>  Hi,  I am putting in a  new ignition switch into my 200tq '89 and 
> there is a problem:  ingnition is on but started does not engage (no 
> click either).  Switch is new, works (it was hanging under steering 
> column for a few days), but when I put it into housing - no starter.  
> I pushed it into the housing as much as I could, the screw looks like 
> in the groove.    Do I need to wiggle the key to let the switch fully 
> engage with that tong in the lock?
>
> Thank you
> Konstantine