Remove the steering wheel and retainer plate. There is a small slot which you can depress with a very tiny screwdriver or scratch-awl and pull the cylinder assembly out.
Thanks man. I ordered the new ignition cylinder with new keys, so hopefully it comes quick so I can get her up and running.
Sometimes there are screws in there holding in the ignition cylinder. I guess it just depends. Oh, and maybe it's time to get a steering column lock guard. They'd prevent another lock cylinder or the column plastic from being mutilated, and they're a great visual deterrent.
Thanks for the heads up. How exactly does that lock guard work? I've never seen one before. Is it something that I have to take off all of the time before starting my truck?
Did you call the police and file a report?
If not, why not?
I have. Report filed. To make matters worse, they're writing parking tickets in the lot that I'm stranded in lol. Hopefully this is grounds to contest a parking citation!
I don't know what I'd do. Having a narrower, small town perspective, stealing someone's vehicle for me is the most personal assault there is. More people than not disagree with that nowadays because they drive newer cars that would soon succumb to planned obsolescence anyways, they can't/won't work on their stuff, and the insurance company would compensate them. However, when you slave hours upon hours on an old car or truck to bring it back from being nearly destroyed or at least run down, and you eventually get it to the point where it looks and runs great, you really develop a personal connection with it during that time. And it and none of the time, energy, and money you put it can be replaced. There's a special place in hell for someone who would try to steal someone's older project because there's a good chance that it's a pet or family member to someone, not just a negligible, replaceable piece of material. Soapbox rant complete.
I feel you. It makes me hate humanity... ******* ******** is right!
Thank y'all for the support. I went out and installed a killswitch yesterday. Monetary type, so you have to hold it to start it. I'm thinking about adding another SPST switch someone really hidden to **** with them a little more. Ironically, I was supposed to install my viper alarm the day it happened, so I went ahead and installed it yesterday. Shoulda, coulda, woulda installed it sooner
Anyhow, I do have a question about viper alarms if any of y'all have experience with them. It has a shock sensor, and for some reason, maybe of the mount location, I couldn't get the shock sensor to work. I locked myself inside my truck and tried to agitate it, as to simulate somebody ******* with my truck, and couldn't get the alarm to even chirp at me, let alone trigger the alarm. Any thoughts?
