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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 01:47 PM
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ignition lock cylender

my best friend lost his keys again for his truck.so how can we change the ignition lock without having the key?this is on a 81 f-150.any help would be great thanks.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 02:10 PM
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I took a chisel, got behind the chrome part, and broke it off by hitting the chisel with a hammer. Then you can reach up in there and release the pin that holds it in place.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 11:26 AM
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i still cant get that thing out.i have tryed everything.i even screwed a slide hammer in and it wont budge.any other idea's?
 
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 12:44 PM
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Sounds like you need a bigger hammer. Franklin2's appoach works. Find an old Ford (car or truck) at the wrecking yard that has a similar switch. If it's ready for the crusher they probably won't mind you trying different ways to remove the lock cylinder. Do ask first.
 
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You can try to attack it from behind the steering wheel. Take the steering wheel off, and start trying to get to the cylinder. Whats holding it in there is a spring loaded pin that lockes into the column casting. That pin can be pushed up from the outside if you had the key. Now you have to figure out a different way to get to it.

Maybe you need to get one of the local neighborhood hoodlums to show you how to work that slide hammer
 
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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i got in there behind the steering column and found the pin,i drilled it out and that sucker still wont pop out.
 
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