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Re: Ignition Key Cylinder Locked
Good one!
You may already know this, but since you mentioned "wiggling" the steering wheel, I'll bring this up in hopes that it might help. If the steering wheel was turned to a locked position after the key was removed, it can put a bind on the key linkage. You can tell by moving the wheel and if won't budge in one direction and is hard to move in the other, this may be the problem. To correct it, move the wheel in the direction that it will move, and then try to turn the key while holding the wheel.
Next remedy may be to remove the lock cylinder and there is trick to do this, but I don't recall it for your year truck. Hopefully, another member may suggest how to do that. Once removed, maybe a long slot screwdriver can be inserted in the lock cylinder hole to insert it into the linkage rod and with a twist see if it will move the rod to start the truck.
If none of the above, it sounds like the wheel will have to come off to check out the mechanism in the shifter tube and all.
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