Take the lock off? No, not at all.
Remove the steering column plastic shroud. Then remove the TINY screw from
underneath the electrical portion of the switch and slide the barrel of the
switch (the part with the wires attached) out from the left side. Then you
should be able to poke the tip of the key out from one side or the other.
The tip of the key is what goes through the lock barrel and it's what
actually turns the switch. Thus once the electrical part is removed, you
should have clear access to the broken key.
Cheers,
Lew Palmer
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of CHRIS KOTTING
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 12:32 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Ignition lock woes
Argggggh! The tip of the (expletive deleted) ignition key broke off in the
lock on my '77 Midget. There's about 1/4" of the key down at the bottom of
the lock cylinder, and I can still work the ignition with the rest of the
key, but it takes some fiddling.
Anyone know how to get the lock cylinder out of the steering column lock so
I
can fish/poke/prod/fiddle the bit of key out? I'm assuming that I'll have
to
unbolt the steering column lock from around the steering column, but then
what?
Thanks for any help or ideas.
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