[T3] Need 71 ignition

[Marklist]

On 06/08/2011 02:01 PM, Phil Hof wrote:
> Not sure if you mean the mechanical or the electrical portion.  There is a
> thread in the T3 section of the Samba (which I can't reach right now or I'd
> post a link); it claims that the electrical part is common with Bugs of that
> year, and is available; you have to shorten the wires and crimp on new
> connectors, though.
>
> -Phil
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:23:06 -0700
> From: Marklist<marklist at healeyopolis.com>
>
> I need the ignition switch for a 71.  Not the lock tumbler, but the
> actual switch, the one you have to take the whole steering column apart
> to get at.
>
> Anyone have one?  I think it is the same in same year bugs.
> ------------------------------
I'm pretty sure that the disc in the back of the switch is coming 
loose.  I've had this problem before and fixed it by bending the little 
bits of metal that hold it.  I'm just not sure I can keep doing this.