Re: [AMC-list] Ignition Switch Switch

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Concords it's a little more complicated than that.

After getting the steering wheel and lockplate off, you also have to move the
signal/hazard light switch out of the way too. Then the key-buzzer switch and
then you can remove the lock. The tab has to be pushed into the lock and then
you can remove the lock. No key required. I have even seen mid 80s cars that
have a bolt holding the lock in rather than a tab.
The tab is sometimes hidden behind casting flash so you have to know where to
poke before you can see the tab. I use a thin screwdriver as a paper clip may
not be strong enough. No pictures to show you. Later TSMs do.
 
Ken 

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Quoting 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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