[alfa] RE: Ignition Lock Problem - 105 GTV - Help Needed

["Watry, Andrew (LNG-SFR)" <Andrew.Watry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does this car have a steering-lock ignition switch like a US car, or a dash
switch like earlier GTVs?

I'll assume a locking switch.  Take off the two clamshells around the
steering column.  You may have to loosen the two 17mm nuts/bolts to allow
the steering column to drop a tiny bit to get the top clamshell off.  Find
the 6mm bolt that holds the ignition switch in. It normally is a theft-proof
roundhead bolt, so you may have to remove it by tapping CCW with a small
chisel.  They're not hard to get out, if you can get access.  And it may
have been changed at some point to a hex head bolt.  Once the bolt's out,
mark and remove the wires (disconnect the battery first), and the whole
assembly ought to come out as a unit.  Then sort it out on the bench, or get
a new one.  The electrical switch on the back is a separate unit from the
locking switch part, and is normally held in by a circlip.

Andrew Watry

-----Original Message-----
From: J. Hutson Hart [mailto:hutsonhart@domain.elided] 
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 3:40 PM
To: alfa@domain.elided
Cc: Robert Watson; Watry, Andrew (LNG-SFR)
Subject: Ignition Lock Problem - 105 GTV - Help Needed


Hi folks,

Went out to my 72 GTV today to make a run to the grocery, and tried to put
the key in, and it all-of-a-sudden won't go in!  It looks a bit like I was
somehow able to get the key out with the ignition lock in a position other
than the final resting position earlier [this morning].  Though I don't
remember any undue resistance or anything strange when I took the key out
before.  I checked my spare set and had the same problem, so I'm pretty sure
it's not the key.  Can anyone offer any help?  How can I get the key back
in?  Can I release the ignition lock without having to break it, or get a
locksmith into it?

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Cheers!
Hutson

J. Hutson Hart - ARA/DSARC
1972 [Euro] 2000 GT Veloce
Petaluma, CA 
primary ping: hutsonhart@domain.elided
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