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1991 940SE-can't turn key to Start position 900

posted by  chris in calgary on  Wed Sep 11 20:59 CST 2019
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It may now be a lost cause, needing the cylinder to be drilled out to allow the steering wheel to unlock. I had to have this done to a 940SE at a dealer some years ago. Many on this board haven't had experience with this particular (tilting) steering column and high-security (laser cut key) steering lock, it's completely different from the standard 740/940 column/lock. As I mentioned in my previous post, this lock is found on late 760, 940SE (SE only) and early 960 cars and suffers from fragile tumblers. Once they've started to break up inside the cylinder, the key won't turn, and there's apparently no way to free it or remove the cylinder. The (excellent) Volvo mechanic explained that at that point the official remedy is to replace the column. My solution was to leave the cylinder drilled out, remove the ignition electrical switch from the other side of the column and JB Weld a stubby key into it. Works fine.
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67 144, 85 740T, 86 740T, 91 945SE, BMW R69S, R60/2






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