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PackardV8

Re: help please

#11

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Accordiiiing to post #1 above the car is a 56 400.
Disconnect battery. reach under dash and push ign sw toward rear bumper while holding chromium bezel with other hand. turn ign. sw. assembly about 1/4 turn (either left or rite, i don't remeber) and remove sw and bezel from dash.

Procedure covered in SM. The ignition sw on 55 and 56's is made like a Dzus fastener. ?

Posted on: 2014/11/8 8:30

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PackardV8

Re: help please

#12

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BE CAREFUL!!! The 55-56 ign sw bezels are very fragile and break easy. So don't get ham fisted with it.

Posted on: 2014/11/8 8:34

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PackardV8

Re: help please

#13

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Even very careful removal of the ign sw. can still cause the bezel to break. The bezel is a very flimsy and poor quality. SOprobably count on needing a new bezel either way.

Posted on: 2014/11/8 8:38

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R H

Re: help please

#14

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hh, thanks,

i have a used ign, switch , with tumbler in it, and don't have a key for it,

you can't buy buy lock smith tool unless you have a lic. now a days.

Posted on: 2014/11/8 10:26

Riki

R H

Re: help please

#15

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thanks v 8,

i think now ,, my problem is the points, so going to change them out,

thanks, yes i have broke that tab, i have an nos switch that came with bezel, the switch came from my dads friend, who passed on.

Posted on: 2014/11/8 10:31

Riki

Owen_Dyneto

Re: help please

#16

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you can't buy buy lock smith tool unless you have a lic. now a days.

Interesting. That wasn't true as of a year ago or so, I bought a new lock pick set by Southord and no documentation of any type was required.

Posted on: 2014/11/8 10:47

PackardV8

Re: help please

#17

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I've routinely heard claims of illegal to own lock pic tools too for several years now. Even heard it's a federal offense. But have not been able to find any official (or reasonably official) documentation/sources to support the claims.

Posted on: 2014/11/8 11:19

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HH56

Re: help please

#18

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I bought a set on Amazon a year or so ago. Unless it is a recent thing, they didn't have any disclaimers such as the usual "Not for sale in California" notice. So far no one has come knocking.

Posted on: 2014/11/8 11:35

Howard

PackardV8

Re: help please

#19

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It mite be something like gun control laws. Only convicted felons are banned from owning them.

Posted on: 2014/11/8 13:29

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