YAHOO!! I got it out! The "key" to getting the ignition cylinder out, using the tool I fabricated, is to first get it to the position #2. (I was trying it in position #1, because that's all the farther I could get it, at first). Had to fiddle with it until it clicked over to the #2 position, but once I did that ,the "tool" that I made from welding wire ("U" shaped, 20 mm apart, and filed 70-degrees on the ends, facing inward) slipped into the slot, and with a minimum amount of finessing, it came out easily! Boy, I just saved myself a chunk of change, thanks to both "deanyel" and "Arthur Dalton." THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!