Re: ignition key mechanicals, 88 90

[Dennis Ruffing <dennisr@altia.com>]

Harrison,

> 
> This happened to me a few months back. I forget what size, but it was a torx
> head with a pin in the center so that a torx bit will not help. The tools
> are available from Snap-On or others I assume. In any case, after an hour
> screwing around with it, I realized that the easiest way to do the job was
> pulling the column out. After that, it's a snap. I had a spare used one to
> throw in it.

Can you pull the column from the inside of the car?  I don't want to
get down into taking dash-boards and steering racks apart.  

Once you got the column off, did you swap columns or were you able to 
get the lock component off, given the much more comfortable acess you 
had to it?

Thanks for your help,

Dennis



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