srvblues00
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- Joined
- November 22, 2001
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- City, State
- Denver, NC
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 94 Sport / 88 Turbo Stang
The ignition lock cylinder on my 94 Sport is slowly dying.. it's causing intermittent problems, but that's beside the point. I got a new lock cyl, took it to a locksmith, got keys made for it that work in my doors, etc. Today I went to put the new lock cyl in. I got the old one out no problem (Didn't have to remove the wheel - I do have the tilt wheel). My problem is sliding the new lock cyl in. I can get it in almost 1/4" and then it gets really tight and will not go any further. I put grease on the lock cyl body, and slid it in again. I couldn't really tell from the grease marks where it was sticking. It seems just a tiny bit too big overall or something. I have closely compared it to my old lock cyl, and it looks exactly the same to me. I have a feeling that if I used a mic on it, I could find some slight differences in the height of the splines. I have tried lightly filing down some of the casting marks on the splines, but that didn't make any difference at all. Any ideas? Since it's already been keyed for my truck, I can't really take it back. I don't know what else to try.