If you're problem isn't with the tumbler, then is it the steering lock? I'm not sure exactly what you mean by switch assembly. Usually the problem is with the steering lock or, more often, the tumbler.

If you're talking about keeping the spring depressed, I'm not sure whether that would work once the key was removed.

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Ralph

1985 300D Turbo, CA model
248,650 miles and counting...