Ha ha, it comes to the point I have to call it quit. I have to finish shopping for the holiday first . (Spent to much time on the car!!!) Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas to all of you.

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newkid - what part of the world are you in? Maybe someone nearby that frequents this forum could come by and give you a hand with it.

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Jim

Last Friday evening, I had to leave my engine running at a christmas party because my key would not return to the off position!

After reading this thread, I proceeded to remove my tumbler too but because I could not line up the two holes, I ended up removing the knee bullster and that gave good access to remove the whole unit!

Once out, and lucky it stuck where it did because you cant unplug it from the harness unless the key is switched to ignition on position (strange!)

After discovering I could turn the key shaft from the other end, I could now get the key out! Later, I positioned the key so the holes lined up and tried and tried to remove the tumbler, no luck!

But now with the key operational, I loaded the hole unit up with 90 wht. oil and it turns freely through all positions, so I ended up putting it back in and so far it works OK.

Incidentally, if you ever need to remove your VDO cruise amp, it's real easy to get to with the knee bullster removed, and removal of the bullster is easy and quick! And that goes for the buzzer too! BB

BB, where is the buzzer and what does it look like? I've been under there wanting to replace it, but I wasn't sure what I was looking at.

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AlexTheSeal: hack mechanic, inadvertent drifting champ, builder of infernal devices, professional epistemologist

'87 300D Turbo, roadtrip mileage champ (for sale!)
'92 Isuzu Trooper, mudder extraordinaire (for sale!)
'82 Honda Silverwing, cockroach of motorcycles
And various boring daily drivers...

I wish I could tell you what the buzzer looked like! My hand was against it while removing the whole ignition. I know this because it was buzzing and everytime I touched it with the back of my hand it would change pitch in sound. If I had wanted to disconnect it, I would have paid it more attention, but with dust and insulation falling into my eyes while on my back looking up and the sun shinning through the back window into my eyes, I just wanted to get the ignition out, fix it, and put it back in!

My fix worked for three days! Now I've decided to replace tumbler afterall!

Another project for next spring! The car is covered for the winter today! Too much road salt and wet weather. I'll drive the Volvo for the rest of the winter! BB