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Subject:Re: replacing ignition switch
From:Mark Drillock
Date:Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:51:26 -0700

The hole drilling procedure is for changing the lock, not the switch.

Mark

Blake Heinlein wrote:
>
> 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
>