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- indfarmmom November 2008
- Oldcar_Mechanic December 2008
1976 Chevy Impala
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Sat in barn for 2 years car is in really good shape. After driving one day for errands went out to move and key will not turn over all the way didn't give any indication of problem. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Are you saying that the key will not rotate? Will it turn far enough to unlock the steering wheel?
Have you tried twisting the steering wheel back and forth to see if that helps?
Ron -
It will turn to unlock steering and have tried going back and forth from drive to neutral and twisting the wheel. Nothing. I like doing my own work on my vehicles, as much as I can but have never had this problem.
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So, you are saying that the key turns but the car does not crank?
Ron -
Its like it won't even get to the crank. It gets past the unlocking and then stops.
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You have a couple of choices.
1) The ignition switch (located on the lower section of the steering column) is bad or binding in some way.
2) The rod that connects the rack (located in the steering sheel) is bindind someplace along the column between the actual steering shaft and jacket.
3) If you take the steering wheel off and look inside the column area you will see how the tumbler mechanism engages with a rack that attaches to the rod that attaches to the switch. (Kinda like the knee bone is connected.....). These pieces act like a rack and pinion and sometimes they get out of kilter.
4) You may also have something that is binding in the tumbler mechanism itself.
It looks to me like you will have to start taking things apart to find the culprit.
Keep us posted as I would like to know what the actual problem is.
Ron
