no keys: steering column lock

A tool of a pikey (a big hammer)

Usually you can find where to drill to be able to pop the tumbler out and then you can get the column unlocked.  If you know what its from i might be able to find it in alldata.

On a Honda you can drill out a small plug int he column, which lets a spring and the locking pin fall right out.  I did this to our car when we eliminated the key switch.

I would think most of those locking mechanisms work in a similar manner.

If you pull the steering column cover off you will see two screws on the ignition/steering column lock assemble. But they won't have any drive interface (meaning there will be no Phillips or Allen or hex, or slots for your screwdriver, wrench). Punch the heads and drill the heads off then the lock assembly will fall off. Then you have a choice; gut the steering locking pin out of it and re-install as an ignition switch in the normal location, or bolt the switch housing some place else out of the way.

I had an E36 BMW which had something similar, to guard against brute force (screwdriver) attacks at the lock.   it was basically a mechanical fuse that would drop into a "lockout" mode, forcing a near full diaasesbly of the steering column to fix it.   Unfortunately, it decided to break on it's own one day after 185K miles, and stranded me.    Damn Germans!

jaguar  was  a total  pita    fo  had   2 alarms   like someone would really steal a 86  jag    and if they  did  all you  had to   do  was  check in  with the  local  towing   companies  and  sooner   or  later  it  would  turn  up

all the cars you've had, and this is the first one with a working column lock?

The sChitroen actually had a working column lock. Was locked 20+ years. When I cut it out and the steering column could finally move, it started shooting high pressure hydraulique fluid everywhere out of the rack seals.

I just didn't want to f-up too muich when there may have been a simpler option.

And I appreciate the advice. I finally took the advice of my cutoff wheel that was begging for some action and cut the steel collar that held the lock barrel to the outer steering column and the lock came right out. There was NO WAY i was going to be able to break the locking bars-- the column would've snapped first.

Looks like there are 2 anti-theft wires in there that plug in to the switch and probably make a circuit when a key is properly used. I'll have to trace those and see what they may have tripped, not that there's been a functioning battery in the car since 1987 or anything.

I don't remove the key.

I just want to keep passing tech...

KT