Need Help, Key broke off in the ignition!!

Silver95Stint

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Well the title pretty much explains it all. How can I get the broken part outta the ignition. Well I have to get a whole new ignition mechanism. Which will cost me a grip since I'm in freggin England. I can still crank it up, with the other half but it's annoyin though. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

95snoozer

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depending on where it broke off....

put it in the release position and

1. really strong magnet?
2. needle nose pliers from a jewler

 

yellow5.0cobra

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just take the mechanism OUT.

IT is very easy.

Take off the plastic steering wheel cover off from under the column.

Now look up from underneath. You will see where the cylinder slides into. Now look a little more past it and you will see a pin in a hole.

Turn the key to the on position and press that pin with something that fits in the hole.

Now slide the iginition cylinder out.

From there you can disassemble some of the parts and get the key out. Re-assemble and put her back in.

Pete

 

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strong magnet might get it out? can you actually see the broken off portion of the key in the switch? might try some sort of epoxy on the part of the key you have and try to get the remaining piece out.

 

HISSIN50

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i was thinking the same as Robert, depending upon how you answer his question. even supergluing a screwdriver tip, etc to the broken fragment can allow one to pull it out.
just be careful to not superglue the fragment to the cylinder. DOH.
good luck.

 

Silver95Stint

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yeah I was thinkin about the whole super glue thing But I didn't wanna take that route. I can actually see the key in there and I have taken off the little black piece that the key would slide into. So it's just the bare ignition piece. I have some plyers that can grab it, but I have been unsuccessful at obtaining it. I grab it but I can't pull it out. I need to take pics to show everybody to give you an idea of what is going on in there.

 

yellow5.0cobra

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did you read my post?

 

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just listen to yellow5.0cobra, do it his way. its easy.

 

Silver95Stint

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Thanks yellow 5.0 Cobra, How hard to you think that would be? I took the steering wheel column off, (underneath) but it still seems like I can't get to it. Again thanks everybody for all your help.

 

yellow5.0cobra

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it is very easy.

Just take the plastic piece off, not the whole thing. It is the plastic covering the ignition basically, just under the steering wheel.

I dont know WHAT you are doing that is complicated. It is just a couple phillips head screws, and one pin.

 

yellow5.0cobra

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yellow5.0cobra said:

just take the mechanism OUT.

IT is very easy.

Take off the plastic steering wheel cover off from under the column.

Now look up from underneath. You will see where the cylinder slides into. Now look a little more past it and you will see a pin in a hole.

Turn the key to the on position and press that pin with something that fits in the hole.

Now slide the iginition cylinder out.

From there you can disassemble some of the parts and get the key out. Re-assemble and put her back in.

Pete

Click to expand...

Exactly what he said.

 

GTPhreak

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you dont even have to remove the plastics. there is a hole in the plastics that you can put something through to hit the pin

 

yellow5.0cobra

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thanks for the info, i didnt do it in a while.

Pete

 

Silver95Stint

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Thanks to all, I will try again tommorrow cuz its raining out today. The pic really helped yellow 5.0 cobra. Thanks again.