Re: [AMC-list] Ignition Switch Switch

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I assume you meant you left the keys elsewhere and want to move the car.  You will need a key that fits in the ignition (but doesn't necessarily unlock the ignition).  Remove the steering wheel, and the antitheft plate under the wheel and you will see a slot above the ignition key lock.  There is probably a diagram in a post-1969 TSM showing the location of the slot.  With the key in the ignition, stick a small pointed object into the slot (the TSM mentions a paper clip) and release a tab which holds the lock cylinder in place.  Pull the lock cylinder and key out of the steering column.  Reassemble the column.  Done.

I have not actually tried the above procedure with the "wrong" key, but I think it will work with any key which fits into the lock cylinder.  

Joe Fulton



--- On Tue, 5/12/09, Richard Estermyer <javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Richard Estermyer <javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] Ignition Switch Switch
> To: "amc mail" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 1:52 PM
> OK NOW I need hints on how to take out the keyed ignition
> switch.  As a decided not to leave them in a Concor wagon
> that had no motor, in a safe neighborhood.  And now I cannot
> find them.  So to move the car back into the garage to work
> on, well, don't know any car thiefs, so anyone have the
> secret to unlocking the key lock?
> 
> THANKS, I don't know what I would do with this list and
> you experts.
> 
> Blessings,
> Richard 
> Richard Estermyer 
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