Re:164Q CD Changer and ignition switch

[Jarmanhome@domain.elided]

Mr. Karl Robrock asks in AD#251:
"Also, I remember reading a while back about disabling the locking
mechanism that prevents removing the key from the ignition without
pressing that silly button. Does anyone have that digest post handy, or
could tell me what is involved in disabling the locking mechanism? I'm
sure I could figure it out, but it would be nice to hear what is involved
first."

Well Karl, I once tried that with our ex-164LS.  I was losing patience with 
that 
button/key business too.   After griping about it to Irene, I popped off the 
little cover there under the steering column surround, pulled down on the 
emergency release button, and managed to maneuver a rubber grommet under it.  
 Voila!!  Presto chango!  No more struggles with the key/button, right?   
And, as Irene later told me, the gear selector could be freely shifted 
without applying the brake, gone was the ignition/shifter interlock, she flat 
didn't like it.  Neither did I.  Being the understanding, sympathetic wife 
she is, she then taught me how to extract the key without fumbling.   As I 
recall, if one barely nudges the key back toward "ON" position as you thumb 
the button, it slips right out.   That was three years ago, more or less.  
Hey- I got really good at it!  Admittedly, it takes practice.
I was so appreciative, I took her out to Portabella's on a real date... in 
the Spider.

Dave, Irene and Mikey Jarman
Lexington KY
USA

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