jim morehouse

I replaced the electrical part of my ignition switch this afternoon and wanted to say thanks to Gary Knox for his exellent writeup on Greg Nichols tips site

http://www.nichols.nu/tip650.htm

It had gone 'flaky' back in August while on a road trip, requiring me to give the key a slight twist ccw after starting the car before many of the elec functions (like wipers,lights, cooling fan, etc) would work. Finally got around to putting in the new one since Jim Bailey's words kept going 'round in my head.... when I told him how the CCW twist was working..." it works until it doesn't".

This is very tight quarters to get at the two slotted screws holding the elec part on the back of the switch. I didn't have the screwdriver Gary mentioned in the writeup, just one w a fatter handle that obscured my view and was hard to maneuver. I ended up using a mirror (so I could see the back of the switch and if I had the slotted screw gripped), a sears 941315 right angle screwdriver to initially loosen the screw (ground the point down some to fit), and a slotted screwdriver driver bit that I held in my fingers to remove the two screws.



Starting them on the replacment sw was pretty easy (relatively speaking) and I just used the tools above to tighten. Thanks again, Gary

Randy V

Sounds like you'd make a good gynecologist, Jim...

jim morehouse

Some gynecological terms were used during the exercise