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Re: How to remove the tumbler assembly from the ignition switch 140-160 1972

posted by  someone claiming to be George Downs on  Thu Jan 13 07:14 CST 2000 [RELATED]

Take off the plastic cover.

Use your Dremel Moto-Tool with abrasive cutoff disks to

slot the screws so you can unscrew them and take the ign

lock off. Take the ignition switch off the lock (you can

probably leave the wires connected).

Unscrew the two 5/16" (8mm?) slotted head screws you have

just created.

You will see that the lock cylinder is held in with a

soft steel pin. 2 choices here:

2nd: slot on both sides of it so you can grip it and

pull it out

FIRST: Carefully drill it out starting with a 1/16" drill

and clamping it WELL so you drill as straight as possible

through the pin end-to-end. Then go to successively larger

drills until you break through the wall of the pin, making

it a crescent in cross-section.

Use a jeweler's screwdriver to crush the crescent tube so you

can get hold of it with small needle-nose pliers and pull it out.

The lock should then come out. It will be a little snug in

the hole, so you may need to put a knife between the lock

and the housing to pull it out.





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