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03-23-2007, 06:44 PM
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ignition switch woes
i am utterly clueless here and any help would be nice. i have an 85 caprice and when i turn the key, forwards or back, nothing happens. i have power to headlights and dome lights. nothing off the key works. so i get a new ignition switch. plug the wires into the harness and pull the switch and the radio and wipers, etc come on. i was mounting it back on the column and it stopped working. back to how it was. what did i do? can something be shorting out the ignition? and blowing out the ignition switch? they are so simple, i dont see how the switch could have just stopped working.
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#2
03-23-2007, 06:58 PM
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Re: ignition switch woes
how hard is it to turn the key?
There's a possibility that the rack inside the steering column might be broken. This is a die-cast zinc part and they do tend to fail. You will have to disassemble the steering column to replace it, if in fact that is the problem.
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#3
03-23-2007, 06:59 PM
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Re: ignition switch woes
the key does turn as it usually does. and the bar to the switch moves fine.
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03-24-2007, 11:59 AM
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