Trivia time - what is this on the column?
 

what is the metal bracket/lever just beneath the ignition barrel? I do not have one on my column change version..

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gear indicator??

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I don't know what it is but I used to live in Compton Bassett, near Calne right off the A4.

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It's out of a floor shift manual vehicle.

I was thinking some sort of key release button but really don't know.

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Oh yeah? I'm a Bristolian but moved out just north of Swindon 18 months ago. Loving the quieter life. How long have you been across the pond?

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You have to push it down to move the switch to the lock position and remove the key

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x2. I had a 92 S10 that had that, but I have never seen it on a square?

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my 85 4-speed c30 had it.

Nate

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I was stationed at RAF Greenham Common with the USAF from 1985-88. I'm glad to hear it's still quiet there, that's what I miss the most about the UK.

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x4

My 1980 GMC K20 has it. Floor-mounted 4-speed manual transmission.

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Same thing on my 81 with 4spd..

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Same thing on my 81 with 4spd..may have only been on manual trans trucks..it won't let switch go into the off position unless you press it

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The lever is used only on floor shifted trucks. Automatics the shifter is the interlock. It is called a ignition interlock.

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I was only young at that time but wasn't that when the anti-nuclear protests were happening? I remember seeing it on the news around that time.

Thanks guys, this thread is full of positive enforcement :)

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x7. On my '87 with a floor shifted manual trans.

K

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When I acquired my 83 dually, with a manual transmission, the original column had been replaced with a column that had the shift lever removed. I'm guessing it was an automatic. I had that one replaced with the manual shift column. Hence the locking mechanism.