Ignition switch removal & replacement

Cheers....., I have that issue, but unfortunately its dealing with an earlier bus, so the column and how you get to the switch is different.

 

Have you undone the small little screw on the ignition barrel casing it may have been covered by a blob of paint

 

Soft faced hammer and tap the steering shaft down, itwill all come apart and be obvious , the spacer will come off as you tap

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20040602212954/http://webpages.charter.net/bclausen/How_to_files/ignSw/

 

Was the dog black before you got the Satin Black out?
Did you get that sticker new, where did you get it from?

 

The dog's white underneath - I ran out of paint

The sticker's the original.

 

That's the earlier type of switch I think para.

 

Lol

Shame I want one.

 

Looks like the shaft is still attached to the floor.

 

I think your correct

The link i put upthere was for a 78 bus and it has colour photos so should help
Ive yet to do this job myself yet but do need to do it on the paravan when it comes back from paul

 

Dont lose the bit under the spacer, giving me nightmares trying to replace one

 

You're not wrong. I tried to replace the thermostat on my type 4 engine today, and I've cross-threaded the new bellows and ruined the internal thread on the brass collar

 

Is yours the early type then? Easier to do than the late type I reckon

 

Nope mines a 78 and it hasent had the shear bolt drilled out yet

When my ignition switch went us i was using the bus for the summer so i pulled the nylon plug from the switch and fitted a new switch to the plug and used a flat bladed screwdriver to start the bus till it came off the road

 

That's what I was going to question. To tap the whole shaft down, surely I will need to unbolt the whole thing underneath where it bolts on to the square rubber connector thingy (technical term). Can the black plastic sleeve not just be levered off?

 

You will - the coupler supports the inner column.

Really...just go for for it and take the whole lot off. It's quicker, and you'll discover how you should have done it in the first place

 

Surprised you haven't got one - it's the standard late late tyre pressure info label.

 

I've got to go in to work today, so I shall try to give it a go later this afternoon........if it ever stops raining again. I did look at this yesterday and wonder if to unbolt it. The bolts look pretty manky to undo, so I may Plusgas them before I go to work.

 

Excellent! I'd worry that I'd forget to turn the key to disengage the steering lock, fire the van up and drive off, only to find I couldn't steer
I didn't have one of those fancy drills for removing my shear bolt, but luckily they aren't done up very tight so you can quite easily undo them with a hammer and chiesel.

 

Right......That's all apart - with the help of a large rubber faced mallet. I replaced the rubber steering coupling at the same time as the old one was looking slightly ropey and frayed

However, the new ignition switch is pants. It won't return to the run position after turning it to start. The spring just doesn't work. Tried it fitted in and out of the housing to check it wasn't fouling on anything. The old one springs back OK - just seems to have a dodgy connection inside somewhere. Suppose that's what you get with cheap pattern electrical parts. Got another one on its way to me, hope that one works better. At least everything is now just lined up to reasemble once I get a working switch.