'91 Stanza interlocks

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Geoff - 09 Jan 2005 03:49 GMT

Hi, group,

My daughter's '91 Stanza is running fine, but is starting to show that
old familiar problem with the unwilling-to-turn ignition key. She's
been able to get by so far with the usual combined jiggling of
steering-wheel, shift-lever, and even jolting the car while jiggling the
steering wheel. But clearly it's time to DO SOMETHING <grin>.

Any experiences, tips, suggestions? Just replace the ignition interlock
stuff? Disable it? (Probably illegal) or what's most likely to fail?
TIA,
Geoff.

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john smith - 09 Jan 2005 04:06 GMT

Take the plastic cover off the column and wedge a screw into the area
that clamps the switch around the cloumn. I did this on the daughter's
car and it works great. That is, if the column is loose adn that is why
you are having to wiggle the column. The other problem she had was worn
out keys. Got new ones cut and the problem is gone.

> Hi, group,
>
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> TIA,
> Geoff.

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Geoff - 10 Jan 2005 03:32 GMT

> Take the plastic cover off the column and wedge a screw into the area
> that clamps the switch around the cloumn. I did this on the daughter's
> car and it works great. That is, if the column is loose adn that is why
> you are having to wiggle the column. The other problem she had was worn
> out keys. Got new ones cut and the problem is gone.

Thanks, John. That sounds worth a try.
She's already in the new-key mode, but there's no Nissan dealer in her
city, and the hardware store was "out of blanks"! The other option is
to trade her my (original) key (I used to drive the car). Not sure
whether a sloppy key, or a "tight" key would be preferable...

The saga continues...
Geoff.

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