Thanks Paul. I'll give this a try. I've had the handle out on the bench, the
washers are rusty, so I assume the small pin is stuck in there.
BTW, according to the Driver's handbook for 1979, I'm supposed to only have two
keys - the big rubber-ended one for the ignition, and the small one for
everything else. I'll look for the key number tonight. I have the original key,
so I'll be able to quickly tell if it matches.
-=Chris
Chris King - cbking@alum.rpi.edu
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kvcbk/
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From pasgeirsson at att.net
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:44:17 +0000
>Hi Chris,
>
>I just completed rebuilding one of these for a customer. It's possible that
>the
>key doesn't fit properly, but if you can move it a bit through the turn, that
>part might be OK. DON'T force the twist!
>
>When you turn the key in the lock, there is a tiny pin located off center and
>that in turn moves a bar that goes through that square shank with the crimps on
>it. Likely that's frozen with rust, and that offset pin is really fragile.
>Grind off the crimps on the shaft and then slide off the thimble like piece.
>There will be a spring washer between two size flat washers, when those come
>off, you can see the tiny bar that slides back and forth. I put this whole
>assembly in my handy dandy electrolysis (sp?) plastic waste basket with the pot
>lid and coat hangars hooked up to a small battery charger and let the rust
>dissappear!
>
>That little bar will get loose enough so you can move it back and forth and
>clean up any rust on it.
>
>Then you can lube it a bit, tumblers included with some NON grease type of lube
>and reassemble it. Now, the crimps no longer work, so you drill a tiny hole
>through the shaft at the crimps and put a tiny roll pin in there! It's that
>simple!
>
>Good luck, Paul A
>> Listers,
>>
>> The boot handle off my '79 seems to be stuck in the unlocked position - I
>cannot
>> get the key to turn. Keys work in the door locks.
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