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Dads new car |
mb911 |
Oct 19 2016, 02:29 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,883 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
My dad is getting his new car today.. Its a 74 2.0 pretty rust free car.. He has had about 10 Porsches over the year s and currently has an 02 boxster s with about 40k on it but needed a retirement project.. Dad is approaching 70 so this a longer term project but it should be fun.. The price was right as he got it for free although I have to provide labor on a 2.2 E rebuild.. I still think it was a good buy
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marksteinhilber |
Jun 22 2018, 03:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 229 Joined: 18-October 12 From: Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 Member No.: 15,057 Region Association: Southern California |
Are any of the key tumbler (pic 1) or the steering wheel lock mechanism (pic 2) new to the car? My problem came from a new lock tumbler that was put into a used and untested steering wheel lock housing. It was apparently slightly different and did not work reliably with my car's steering column. The parts fit a little tight and the wheel lock slide or bolt seemed a little different. Any switch put into these procured parts did not work properly once installed inside the column.
The wiring plug can be pulled off the switch under the dash and steering column and a second good switch can be plugged into the wiring and tested by turning with a flat screwdriver that is inserted into the light green section of the switch in view 2 of this picture. This helped me prove that the key tumbler and housing did not play well inside my column. So I obtained the original housing, tumbler, and switch from the PO and it fit and worked perfectly in the car. In fact, any replacement switch worked perfectly with the original housing and tumbler. Here's where the switch fits into the housing and you can see the tumbler blade that was the culprit right in the center that turns the center of the switch. It seemed that the tumbler blade did not extend the same amount or allowed the center of the switch to move off axis. This probably caused the contacts inside the switch (the yellow wire to the starter solenoid) to not make a good circuit. Or they are designed with matching tumblers that depress the parts inside the green area to disengage some contacts or circuits during starting. Mismatched parts can make this a problem depending on what the contacts are being used for in different cars.. Lesson Learned: A Volkswagen tumbler may look the same and be advertised to fit, but.... |
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