It's pretty easy to remove the ignition switch.  All you have to do
is drill the hole right in the spot that the Bently book shows.
Measure it accurately and drill once.  Then take a punch an push down
the spring in the whole that you drilled.  This will bend the little
metal leaf spring that is in there but you'll be able to remove the
tumbler.  You might have to give it a hard pull to get it out.
You'll have to reform the leef spring that you bent so keep it.
That's about all the advice I can give.

Good luck

---- Original Message ----
From: chasm@ELLTEL.NET
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: replacing ignition switch
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:24:39 -0700

>Has anyone out there had experience replacing an ignition switch?  I
>started to following Ken's instructions on his website.  But then I
>got to
>the point of pulling off the lock assembly and found that it didn't
>just
>come off.  It seems to need some sort of a puller and probably a
>special
>one.  Then I discovered that Bentley has a section on pulling the
>steering
>column lock (indexed under steering, it turns out, and not under
>ignition
>or starter which was why I missed it in the first place) which calls
>for
>all sorts of specialized things -- puller, clamp, spacers, shear
>bolt, etc.
>
>
>Does it really have to be that complicated?  How come Ken makes it
>sound so
>simple?
>
>Charles
>'85 Westy
>
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