[DeTomaso] Ignition lock question

[Bill Lewis]

BTW, in re to a thread several weeks ago:  I have been to two key shops (one was a whiz-bang Lock and Key large store) and they never heard of Houdini.    ---Bill

> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:08:11 -0400
> From: scscottc at gmail.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Ignition lock question
> 
> So about a week ago my ignition began eating keys... The first one got
> stuck and I could wiggle and jiggle it and it would come out... This worked
> about four times and then the key broke! Ouch...  The next key (my only
> other spare, I know shame on me..) also got stuck. So I got in the habit of
> just parking it on the lift with the key in... This doesn't work well if I
> decide to actually go somewhere in the Pantera and have to leave it parked
> unattended. So in looking though my toolbox I found another ignition switch
> and key that I bought for some reason or other about a year or two ago. I
> have decided to go ahead and replace the old one with the new one.
> 
> So, in the process of removing the old one I find there are two white wires
> that pass though the steering column and go up somewhere behind the
> dashboard.  In following these wires up behind the dashboard the end just
> popped out and flopped down.  That is great! I thought... However where is
> the other end?  Surely I will need to plug in the new switch once I get it
> installed. Right?
> 
> So under the dash I crawl with a light and I have no idea where the other
> connector is... What do these two while wires actually do? Are they really
> important? Feeding them through the small opening in the steering column
> seems to be an exercise in futility and I am really hoping someone tells me
> these are just for the seatbelt buzzer or something and are not really
> important to have hooked up for the car to run.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Scott
> #1523
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