[FC] instrument panel question

mopar corvanatics@corvair.org
Tue Oct 7 13:54:00 2003


Those should be the numbers, but take the cylinder along anyway to try the
key.
Gary Swiatowy

>On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 08:33:24 -0500 "Keith Hammett"
<khammett@stainlessfab.com> wrote.
>On a '65 vert that I am taking parts off of I do not have the keys.  In
>taking the door apart I got the lock out and noticed some ink stamped
>numbers on the lock.  Are these the numbers that I need for a new key so I
>can save the ignition switch?
>
>Keith (keyless) Hammett
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: corvanatics-admin@corvair.org
>[mailto:corvanatics-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Paul Steinberg
>Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:07 PM
>To: corvanatics@corvair.org
>Subject: Re: [FC] instrument panel question
>
>
>You need the ignition key to remove the lock cylinder first and then you
can
>finish unscrewing the bezel nut.  Put the ignition key into the lock
>cylinder
>and turn it to the left as far as it will go.  Then depress the release
>button
>by pushing a paper clip into the small hole on the lock cylinder face.
>While
>doing this, continue to turn the key to the left and the cylinder will pop
>out.  Reverse the directions to reinstall the cylinder, however it is not
>neccessary to push the plunger in again.... While you have the lock
cylinder
>out, if you look on the side of it, you will see the key number is stamped
>into the cylinder.  Record this number in the event that you ever loose the
>key........ Paul in CT
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Wild8bill@aol.com
>  To: corvanatics@corvair.org
>  Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:58 PM
>  Subject: [FC] instrument panel question
>
>
>  When I got my '61 Greenbriar a month or so ago, it came with the back
>filled
>  with spare parts. One of the spare instrument clusters is in much better
>shape
>  than the one installed, and I'm trying to take it completely apart to
swap
>  switches, etc. I'm down to the ignition switch, and I can't figure it
out.
>I
>  have the outer bezel loose, and the inner retaining ring loose, but the
>outer
>  bezel doesn't fit over the key slot housing. There's a little pin hole in
>the
>  face, and I tried poking it with a wire (I can feel a spring loaded
>something
>  inside) and pulling or twisting, but I can't remove the key slot bezel.
>What's
>  the trick?
>
>  Bill
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