See the Bentley manual for instructions. Basically, you need to drill a hole in a specific place on the housing for the ignition lock. If you have the new lock you could probably figure out where to drill the hole by looking for the tab that locks the cylinder into the housing. It looks like a little flat spring. Anyway, the general idea is to drill a small hole in the correct place in the housing then use a punch or something to push in the hole to release the spring that is holding the lock in the housing. Also, be sure that the key is in the lock and it is unlocked (in the run position). Oh, disconnect the battery before doing any of this. John Brown
-----Original Message----- From: kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM> Date: Friday, April 24, 1998 8:56 PM Subject: tumbler removal
>I have the housing off the steering wheel column..What's the trick to >extracting the tumbler from it? SO ignored my warning about too many >(useless) keys on her key ring; now the ignition switch is broke. > >Drive Safely & Good Luck >Ken Lewis<K-ville,NC> >86 VW Transporter Double Cab Pickup >60 Porsche T-5 Coupe >85 VW GL Vanagon<Elvis> > >_____________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > |
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