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After my' 95 3.0 Aerostar sat for quite a while, I removed the driver's seat so I could rest my head on the brake pedal, & per Brooklyn Bay's advice, got up in there with a 1/4" drive flex extension w/the bolt crazy glued to the driver & managed to get bolt started & tightened! was not a lot of...

Hi Jose, the lock cylinder comes in & out easily enuff, & I know it's in far enuff 'cause the release pin is visibly in the rite spot. the end of the cyl. is a cam that engages a rod that should slide back & forth, parallel to the column axis. this rod is what will not move. it will move enough...

I neglected to mention how great this forum is & the value I've gotten from it is so needed. Looking forward to becoming an Elite Exp. in very near future! Bob G. aka 'notta'

Jose, thanks so much for posting that bit of your service manual! It seems to be that slider switch that won't budge for some reason. Maybe something has fallen down in there to jam it, because it's not frozen up, as you can wiggle it w/the key, just locked up/interlocked up. Your post will...

I have had my foot on the brake the whole time- they feel a little low -need to be bled, could that affect the switch?

Thanks guys for your quick reply's. So, I've gotten the cylinder out, & the new one in. The problem seems to be that slider that the end of the cylinder engages, is prevented from moving by something unseen. I can see it thru 3 apertures in the white metal casting, & it will wiggle when I...

I have a '95 3.0 with a troubled history, too long a story for here, x-cept that it was broken into, & ignition lock was pretty destroyed in an attempt to make off with it. I managed to piece together the bits, with a few homemade pins & a little JB weld. It worked for about 2 years, pretty much...