Well, I certainly had to remove the steering wheel and lock housing to
replace the ignition switch in my '81.  The switch is held in place by a
small screw that is only accessible with the housing removed.  Removing
the steering wheel and lock housing is not that hard however.

On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Mark McCulley wrote:

> Do you really have to remove the steering wheel and lock cylinder housing to
> replace the ignition switch in an '87 (just the electrical part, not the
> lock cylinder)?
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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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