Hey guys, I'm new to this site and I'm loving everything I've seen so far. Some great advice on here. A lot of background here. Anyway, I have a '73 Chevy K20 I dragged out of the woods like 2 years ago after I decided I wanted a project. It's 350/TH350/NP205/14blt FF. It has 330K miles and has seen a lot of abuse, my grandpa bought this brand new in '72 so I'm looking to eventually do something with it, after all, it's been sitting for a couple years since I did anything with it. My dad parked it in '92 and it was sitting in the back of the woods until '15 when I got the tractor and finally decided to do something with it. So we did not have a key for it after 23 years, and I bought a new lock cylinder set for 50 bucks with matching keys. So I rip the column apart and I get nowhere. The switch would not budge. It's gotten to the point where I stuck a screw into the lock cylinder and got a slide hammer on it
and still nothing. So then I spray PB Blaster on the area and let it sit. Some got into the lock cylinder, and the next day a key worked and turned it. Keep in mind this is a year after I take it out of the woods, I only get to mess with it a couple times a year. Fresh battery, try to crank, nothing, not even a click. So I take the starter out and it's fine after I test it. If I could get the lock cylinder out I would just stick a screwdriver in it and push the rod. I could just make a bump switch to get power to the starter, I don't want to mess with the switch. I'm not sure what's actually preventing the starter from getting power since the lock cylinder is mechanical, but if anyone has a solution for the column or a suggestion for how I go about a bump switch, it would be greatly appreciated.
03-03-2017, 01:18 PM
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