4000fixes

So I just got around to doing my ignition switch. I had been cheating by letting another old switch hang. Well I finally get the originally switch out...and the end of the tumbler is also broke off inside the switch! Just my luck grr. So as cheap as tumblers are, how do I get a new tumbler to match my current key if possible?

Hybrid_Hatch

the tumblers are the little brass colored pieces that run the length of the shaft.

dtompsett

95 Ford Escort - 5speed...

My wife (then my gf) called my up one afternoon... she was in the parking lot at school... the ignition was in the 'On' position, the key had full range of motion, but nothing would happen. She could even pull the key out, but the ignition would stay 'On'.

Got it towed to the dealership that evening... and I drove 150km to have a look at it (after driving home after work, stripping the ignition switch out of a parts car... another '95 escort 5-speed). Strip out the lower dash section, finally get the darn ignition switch out, and out falls the end of the tumbler.

So I can start it (screw driver to turn the ignition switch), and drive it (key in the ignition to unlock the steering wheel). Drive it to her work, explain how it all works... and set out to find her a new tumbler.

Turn out... they are NLA. Only one available is for the automatic.

So... had to strip the entire steering column out of our parts car, swap around ignition key tumblers, and reinstall in her car. Meanwhile... she drove about 2 months using a screwdriver to start it.

Hybrid_Hatch

oh and if you need a spare ignition i have one... send me a pm...

4000fixes

Ive got the switch, im just going to get the tumbler from autohaus. thanks tho!