Ignition switch

[70NPORT]

This afternoon I inserted my car key into the ignition cylinder on the steering column and noticed a slight delay or pause before the engine started. Long story short I think the cylinder is malfunctioning. Just to be sure I rigged a squeeze trigger switch across the starter relay: squeeze the trigger the motor fires right up without any delay starting. I wanted to be sure nothing was going on under the hood.

So what goes bad with this thing? I could not find an exploded view of an actual ignition cylinder. I guess this bugger is gonna have to come out of the column and replaced? I have a steering wheel puller to get the the steering wheel off....I never liked the one that came with the car so this might be a good excuse to replace it with one from a different model....New Yorker or 300 maybe. This happen to you? Comments?

 

[commando1]

The day they went from the dashboard to the steering column was a sad day.....

 

[70NPORT]

...thought it was the other way around......it was sad until it was switched to the steering column??

 

[polara71]

No, Stans correct..... used to able to pop a ignition switch out easy when it was on the dash....within minutes

 

[70NPORT]

....guess that makes sense. Guess this is a bad omen then. Oh well, just have to dive into it head first. Not gonna fix itself.

 

[commando1]

Unscrew the bevel, reach up from behind and pull it down, xfer wires to new switch, pop it back into the hole, screw on bezel
. POOF. Done.

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[70NPORT]

.....TaDa....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h8pbFY3f54

 

[commando1]

Well. Piece of cake, then. 2 minute job, total.
Anybody without a SM for their car is up the creek.

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[70NPORT]

Ya baby, I'm diggin this....WooHoo. Heck, I may go out into the garage tonight and get r done.......

 

[70NPORT]

screw the sm...............71' e body car directions close enough.....

http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/howto/mopp_0308_mopar_steering_column_rebuild/photo_01.html

 

[commando1]

Can't go thru life relying on Google. Ya gotta break down for the SM sometime.

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[70NPORT]

This is exactly why the internet was invented. Get with the program already.

BUT, I got two SMs, anyways.....one for my C and one for the other car.

 

[Newp]

Which part do you think is bad, the switch or the lock cylinder?

 

[70NPORT]

Which part do you think is bad, the switch or the lock cylinder?

I'm putting money on the cylinder, but I'll know for sure when I get into it.

 

[Newp]

Any updates?

 

[cm23uoc]

Traded the car for a 61 Plymouth I heard. LOL

 

[70NPORT]

Any updates?

No, not yet. Plan to take her down over christmas holiday and then get into it, as it were. Thanks for asking though.

 

[70NPORT]

Traded the car for a 61 Plymouth I heard. LOL

Not even if Jesus Christ himself was selling with the trunk filled with divine golden reliquary and the car was impervious to any kinds of rust whatsoever.

 

[rpearson]

Hello,im new to the forum,i have a 72 fury 3 2door with issues,to start the thing u pull headlight switch out all the way to engage the starter,is the starter and light relays linked somewhere in the wire harness.any help thanks.

 

[BillGrissom]

Re original question, the A-body forum has a great post on removing the column switch, with detailed photos that explain it much better than the factory manual. C-body columns might be similar.

rpearson, I never heard of the headlight switch interacting with the starter, though I never had a 72. I would suspect a short in the wiring. First, check your bulkhead connector thru the firewall. It is common for the large wires (ALT & BAT) to melt the plastic and cause weird shorts.