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On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 21:44, David Sanderson wrote: > Hi Folks > > Oooppsss ... more questions. We have finished the pan. Yahoo!!! And > now onto new items. I have a couple of questions about the steering > lock and ignition key. The previous owner replaced the steering wheel > based ignition key with an under the dash one. I tried to figure out > why. It seems that when you switch to engage the starter, the key > does not automatically spring back to the run position. I have > assumed that there is a broken spring inside. However, I am nervous > to take the lock tumbler apart. Has anyone done this? Is it possible > to repair these systems? My second, or is it third question, regards > the steering lock. It looks like there was something there but I > gather that it is missing. Did these have a steering lock? Does > anyone have a picture, diagram or other information that I can use. > Is it worthwhile to take it to a locksmith? > Here is a picture of what the inside of an ignition switch looks like. http://classicvw.org/gallery/ign_switch Hope this helps. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~