HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

1975stepside · 04-16-2008, 04:26 AM

Hi, I am planning to swap out my non-tilt steering column with a tilt one I bought off ebay a while back. The seller wasn't sure what year it was from, and it came with no ignition lock cylinder or key. I know they are available for sale, but wondering how to get the correct one for my "new" tilt column?

Any help GREATLY appreciated! Many thanks!

**old Rusty C10** · 04-16-2008, 04:39 AM

well maybe if you post some pics of the column we can help you out

1975stepside · 04-16-2008, 07:02 AM

**old Rusty C10** · 04-17-2008, 05:03 AM

looks like a 73-82 column to me any cylinder should work from those years
if you take the turn signal switch out you should see if there are clips or a screw in there to hold the cylinder in

1975stepside · 04-17-2008, 08:08 AM

I dunno, I looked in some of the catalogs I have, like LMC and others, and they show different ones for tilt or no tilt wheel, and different ones again for 73 to 78 and later, so I really don't know what the differences are....

lurch115 · 04-19-2008, 01:21 AM

does it have a dimmer switch located down by the ingnition switch?? if not then i am positive that is a 73 through 78 column...as they had the dimmer switch on the floor. that and that looks like the older style ignition switch to me... ya might try backing away from the column a bit and getting more of it in one pic...would be alot easier to tell

jchav62 · 04-19-2008, 01:27 AM

My old 83 had the dimmer switch on the floor. I think 84 was the first year to have the dimmer switch on the column.

Walts_restoration · 04-19-2008, 01:28 AM

73-83 had dimmer on the floor if im right, then 84 went to column.

1975stepside · 04-20-2008, 11:07 PM

Hm, I'll take a couple pics from farther away, maybe borrow my wife's camera for clearer shots. I'll check on if it has a dimmer switch on the column (?) Not sure how to tell if it does though...

1975stepside · 04-22-2008, 07:49 AM

OK, I pulled the trun signal cam out tonight and took a look behind it. I do NOT see any screws to hold the ignition key switch in there, or even a screw hole anywhere for that. At the bottom of the key switch "wel"l, there is a sort of horizontal slot (at 90 degrees to the well) in the area behind the turn signal cam, and kind of a slot in the other side of the well also. And running down the well is a groove, which near the bottom turns into a square hole for some kind of clip? I am guessing? Any ideas so far?

1975stepside · 04-22-2008, 07:51 AM

Hey - I forgot to ask: if the dimmer switch is on the column, where is it located on there?

04-16-2008, 04:26 AM	#1
1975stepside Stepside Fanatic! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 60	HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! Hi, I am planning to swap out my non-tilt steering column with a tilt one I bought off ebay a while back. The seller wasn't sure what year it was from, and it came with no ignition lock cylinder or key. I know they are available for sale, but wondering how to get the correct one for my "new" tilt column? Any help GREATLY appreciated! Many thanks!

04-16-2008, 04:39 AM	#2
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,348	Re: HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! well maybe if you post some pics of the column we can help you out __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

04-16-2008, 07:02 AM	#3
1975stepside Stepside Fanatic! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 60	OK,here's some pics of my unknown year tilt column... Last edited by 1975stepside; 04-16-2008 at 07:09 AM.

04-17-2008, 05:03 AM	#4
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,348	Re: HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! looks like a 73-82 column to me any cylinder should work from those years if you take the turn signal switch out you should see if there are clips or a screw in there to hold the cylinder in __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

04-17-2008, 08:08 AM	#5
1975stepside Stepside Fanatic! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 60	Re: HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! I dunno, I looked in some of the catalogs I have, like LMC and others, and they show different ones for tilt or no tilt wheel, and different ones again for 73 to 78 and later, so I really don't know what the differences are....

04-19-2008, 01:21 AM	#6
lurch115 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: iowa Posts: 722	Re: HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! does it have a dimmer switch located down by the ingnition switch?? if not then i am positive that is a 73 through 78 column...as they had the dimmer switch on the floor. that and that looks like the older style ignition switch to me... ya might try backing away from the column a bit and getting more of it in one pic...would be alot easier to tell __________________ "Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you carry the wall with you." '84 chevy half ton short box 2wd, 67,000 actual miles '03 chevy 1500 HD crew cab 4x4 standard box, 6.0L

04-19-2008, 01:27 AM	#7
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! My old 83 had the dimmer switch on the floor. I think 84 was the first year to have the dimmer switch on the column. __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

04-19-2008, 01:28 AM	#8
Walts_restoration Real Projects never die Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lawrence, kansas Posts: 1,508	Re: HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! 73-83 had dimmer on the floor if im right, then 84 went to column. __________________ Ill put it this way, ive got a few lawn ornaments My name tag says Ryan KansasTwister On other forums

04-20-2008, 11:07 PM	#9
1975stepside Stepside Fanatic! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 60	Re: HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! Hm, I'll take a couple pics from farther away, maybe borrow my wife's camera for clearer shots. I'll check on if it has a dimmer switch on the column (?) Not sure how to tell if it does though...

04-22-2008, 07:49 AM	#10
1975stepside Stepside Fanatic! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 60	Re: HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! OK, I pulled the trun signal cam out tonight and took a look behind it. I do NOT see any screws to hold the ignition key switch in there, or even a screw hole anywhere for that. At the bottom of the key switch "wel"l, there is a sort of horizontal slot (at 90 degrees to the well) in the area behind the turn signal cam, and kind of a slot in the other side of the well also. And running down the well is a groove, which near the bottom turns into a square hole for some kind of clip? I am guessing? Any ideas so far?

04-22-2008, 07:51 AM	#11
1975stepside Stepside Fanatic! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 60	Re: HELP needed with identifying year of ignition lock required! Hey - I forgot to ask: if the dimmer switch is on the column, where is it located on there? Last edited by 1975stepside; 04-22-2008 at 07:54 AM.



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