I had to do this a month or so ago on my TriStar. 1 Remove steering wheel - 24mm socket required 2 Remove plastic around steering column - Phillips screw driver 3 Remove the wires from the wipers, signals and bottom of the ignition switch 4 Remove the turn signal and wiper controls - small flat driver required 5 Use key to put the lock cylinder in the unlocked position 6 Use a 6mm allen key to remove the bolt from the lock cylinder 7 Pull lock cylinder 8 Remove ignition switch with a small Phillips driver Assembly is in reverse order - hope I didn't miss anything. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 Internet http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to the large quantity of email we receive, please include previous email correspondence when replying. This will allow us to read the full dialogue in one message so that we may provide you a quicker and more accurate response.
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of David Wilhite Sent: April 16, 2006 17:36 To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Ignition Switch Procedure? Anybody have the procedure for replacing the ignition switch? Thanks, David Wilhite 84' Westy Middle Tennessee |
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