AntiqueRanger
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- Vehicle Year
- 1990
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Transmission
- Manual
Good day. My 1990 Ranger 2.3 Manual Trans has developed a problem with the ignition cylinder creeping back while driving and killing the engine. Duct tape holds it in place temporarily, but need a permanent fix. Pulled shroud and cylinder to find one BK P(H) wire to cylinder which has a brass contact point riding grooves in cylinder as key turns. Spring in steering wheel lock gear box is sloppy and allowing cylinder to creep back. Told by parts stores to ask dealer for new mechanism to hold key in place. Unlocked steering wheel, (key in run position) pulled cylinder, turned key off, hooked up battery, and tried to start in hand-NoGo. Unhooked battery, placed cylinder back in column, hooked battery up, started (obviously still dies when key rebounds to run position). Seems the cylinder must be in column(possibly to ground it) for key to work. Attempting to replace gear box inside column will take parts chasing and tearing the column apart. Is there a way to hook the single wire to a toggle and convert to toggle start while still using the key to lock the the steering wheel?