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Re: RE>ignition switch and hood

To: british-cars@hoosier
Subject: Re: RE>ignition switch and hood
From: srt@aerospace.aero.org
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 91 10:48:08 -0700
Todd Stepp writes:
> First, the ignition switch on the 79 MGB accepts the key but doesn't 
> always want to turn.  With a lot of wiggling a cursing it turn and
> off I go.   Any suggestions?  The switch was replaced in 1986...

Jerry Kaidor writes:
> It sounds like either the key or the pins in the lock cylinder are worn
> out.

It probably has something to do with the anti-theft interlock on the 
steering wheel.  My 79 MGB does the same thing, and I've found that 
cranking the wheel clockwise till it locks is the {a} solution.

                                        -- Scott Turner



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