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Subject:Re: OK That's It! I'm getting rid of this if it refuses to start!
From:Mark Rokus
Date:Sat, 25 Apr 1998 19:57:48 -0400

> ... you know, the one
> the key is turned and nothings happens?
> Nate El Great

Nate..
I just went through what sounds like the same problem.. Ah-ha says I,  Ignition
switch!! So I ordered one.  Finally got around to swapping it out and found that
the little tab from the key/lock assembly that actually turns the electric switch
was broken off and would engage enough to make contact on the "run" portion of the
switch, but not enough to engage the "start" . A simple trip to the local bone
yard resulted in the discovery that a rabbit assembly is exactly the same. ( at
least on the one that I found). Swapped out the whole thing,  as my key was
getting bad anyway..  Didn't take more than an hour if you can the nut off for the
steering wheel.
Mark Rokus
(waiting for a '87 syncro next week!!!)