----- Original Message ----- From: "John Carpenter" <Trvlr2001@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:00 PM Subject: Re: ignition switch part #
> Quite easy to replace. > Take off the steering column cover (two screws, > Pull the horn cover straight up & off, do not remove wires. > Take off steering wheel. (Large nut), hit from below, towards yourself, with > the palms of your hands. > This exposes the switch. > You do not have to take out the whole key switch assy. > First unplug the switch. > Take a #1 phillips, lay on your back on the floor, > so you can see the screw, > and remove screw on key switch. > [snip] Unless the ignition setup on later Vanagons is different than that of the air-cooled models I don't see how you can remove the ignition switch from the steering lock housing without first removing the housing. If that was so, why even bother removing the steering wheel since the ignition switch is at the far end of the steering lock housing, away from the steering wheel. Just to make sure I hadn't forgotten the setup I went downstairs and looked at my spare steering lock housing; the screw holding the ignition switch in place is an inch or so up from the bottom of the housing, right next to the upper steering column. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia --------------------------------------------------------------- |
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