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Old 07-30-2016, 11:05 AM   #10
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Re: Key won't turn in 1990 Aerostar

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Originally Posted by 65comet View Post
This video shows about all the ways I've attacked bad cylinders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PcBuOn7d6I
Thank you! I used the guy's suggestion to tap the key in with a hammer and after that wiggled the steering wheel and got it to go into run postion, then depressed the pin and got the old cylinder out. The new one seemed to go in okay but wouldn't turn to the lock position. It seemed to go to run and start positions so I reconnected the battery and tried to start it, hoping then I could turn the wheels enough to have full motion of the new cylinder. But nooooo! It would go to run positon and the lights came on, but would not go to start position. I was able to get the new cylinder back out and looked in the hole it fits into in the steering column. There's a rectangular indentation where the end of the lock cylinder goes so I tried turning it with a screwdriver. It's locked up and will not budge. So now what? Does that mean there's something else screwed up in addition to the old lock cylinder problem? Do I now have to try to take the entire steering column apart, and maybe a lot more than that too?
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