[DeTomaso] Ignition Switch

[michael at michaelshortt.com]

I had this problem in my Jeep Cherokee, I was told by the dirt aged mechanic
that it was caused by using a key chain with too much weight on it, once I
decided to use a key fob and car key for each car and another universal key
chain for my office/house keys I've never had the problem happen again.

He said the internals are screwed up by the excess weight bouncing around
and acting as a lever inside the tumbler dohickey thingeemybobs.

Michael in Savannah

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> My car would run intermittently and sometimes not at all if the key didn't
> come to rest in the "perfect" sweet-spot to make contact in the 'on'
> position and keep it running once it started. And even if I found the sweet
> spot and it kept running, I would hit a bump while driving down the road and
> the switch would lose contact and the car would die, and I would frantically
> jiggle the key to find the sweet spot again, sometimes without success.
>
> The ignition switch (and I believe the entire steering column) is shared
> with the 71-74 Capri.
> I purchased a new ignition switch (only the electrical contact portion)
> from http://www.teamblitz.com/.
>
> Here's a picture of the electrical contacts at the rear of the switch:
> http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5650045562/m/7510072494/p/1
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