Ignition lock cylinder replacement ?

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <199701140720.AAA09079@phobos.frii.com> MKSpiers@frii.com (Michael K. Spiers) writes:

> The '87 5kTQ needs a new ignition cylinder.  Anyone ever do this?  I scoured
> the Bently & found _nothing_, anybody have any pointers?  I'd like to keep
> the existing key as the ignition key, anyone know how difficult it is to get
> the new cylinder to match the old key?

I did it on a 1982 80S.  The details were documented in the Haynes manual,
which I gave away with the car.  Basically, you have to demount the upper 
section of the steering column from the car (which involves drilling out the 
head of the shear bolt with an 8.5mm drill) and then drill into the housing at 
a precisely measured location so as to hit and push back the cylinder retaining 
pin.  The measurements were given in the Haynes manual, but aren't in the 
microfiche and thus won't be in the Bentley.  Don't forget to clamp the upper 
and lower sections of the steering column together with self-gripping pliers 
when you remount the top section.  You'll need a new shear bolt, obviously.
 
I took the new cylinder and the old keys to a locksmith and they waved a magic 
wand over it. 

> Also, anyone ever had any luck getting to the starter solenoid from 
> the _top_ of the engine compartment?

Nah.  Get diggin'

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   Phil Payne
   phil@sievers.com
   Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club