Ignition Actuator Question
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Ignition Actuator Question
Howdy,
I was enjoying my day today when I suddenly reminisced to last summer when I had to replace the ignition actuator in my ‘85. It was such a pain; I’d hate to do it again. Anyone out there know how these break, and if there’s anything that can be done to prevent it?
Thanks,
I was enjoying my day today when I suddenly reminisced to last summer when I had to replace the ignition actuator in my ‘85. It was such a pain; I’d hate to do it again. Anyone out there know how these break, and if there’s anything that can be done to prevent it?
Thanks,
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They are made out of cheap junk pot metal. And then the original grease in the column gets old and thick and that puts more load on it. If you drown the column working parts in wd40, that seems to loosen the old dried up grease back up and makes it work a little easier. A new ignition switch helps also.
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