Hooray! my new PS cylinder arrived. Looks really good and all the attachments come with it – except for the shiny round disk which is a new end plug for the control valve.
While I wait for the tap and die to arrive I’ll move on to installing the new ignition lock. The new door locks will go in when I do the door work.
I’ve been into the steering column innards a couple of times, but it is still a bit tricky.
I try to keep all the little bits in order.
This is a Lisle puller I got from Princess Auto. A must have tool to get steering wheels off.
Next is my home-made lock plate compressor. It is needed to compress an internal spring so that the C clip locking key can be removed to get the plate out and expose the directional signal switch.
The directional signal switch in this shot is pulled up over the steering shaft to expose the ignition switch locking pin – bottom left, the darker and smaller of the two screws.
I taped the locking pin screw so as not to loose it down the steering column which would mean taking the whole column apart to get it.
Tools needed to do the job. Nothing special. I find a dental pick always useful and also a extendable magnetic pickup tool.
Putting back together is not too much of a problem. I tested the new ignition switch before reassembling the rest of the column.
New keys on the old key fob that came with the car. Oddly Ottawa was close by where I grew up and where I started my working career.
My tool kit that will be kept in the back of the Chevy. The yellow thingy is a nylon tow cable – you never know….