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greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#722529
how in the name of hell do you remove the ignition key barrel out of a 76 kombi van ,i have removed the steer wheel little plastic cover and very slowly unpluged the wires its still there
i have tryed everything including yoga,vergin sacrafice well i will when i find one,reverse psychology to no avail pretending to remove a wheel and jumping up while it wasn't looking didn't work,
prayer no good bribary with new oil nope, beg plead no good so help
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BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#722573
Do you have the manual for your year kombi. I had three different manuls and between them finally got it out. There is a trick about turning the key some way to do it........ the manuals give you step by step...
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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#722659
hey steve
i have done this several times on 75-76 bay buses n know how frustrating it is when its the first go..
from my memory it goes something like this..
remove steering wheel, unplug 2 plastic half moon style plastic plug clips the very base of/from indictor stork wiper combination switch black thingy (the next thing under the steering wheel) n as you gently prise it out slowly you should have enough rubber hose from the wiper washers to get it out enuff to unclip hoses or unscrew the part,
then you have to undo or break the sheer bolt that is attached surrounding the steering column then the barrel housing should slide up the column and there you go ( i cant remember if you remove the plastic housing around everything but as you pull it apart it will be clear if you need too..)

while its out replace the wiper water hoses,
also the hose connector onto the switch part maybe stuffed that you unscrewed with hoses on
and also a good idea is to get a new end of barrel switch that the end of the key slots into usually a good idea as it'll stuff up about a week after you put it back together..

if sheer bolt is stuffed replace it with a regular bolt too

hope that helps
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greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#722676
thanks all the sheer bolt i was sure it had something to do with it
1 vergin saved maybe
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