Trust me, I plan to check everything. I am just trying to give them as much information as possible to help me with my problem.

 

Ya I am sorry for being kinda an a** it has been a bad week, just frusterated, I hope you get your problem solved.

 

I have a 1987 F150 and am thinking about changing the ignition switch, the little metal bar and the key cylinder.... do I need to lower the column to get at the switch? Do I need to remove the steering wheel to get at the metal bar and the cylinder?

Gasseous

 

I was working w/ someone on another Forum w/ the same problem. While tracing the wire that actuates the solenoid back to the ignition switch, for a continuity brake in the wire, he found an alarm module installed by a previous owner that was designed to either remote start or disable starting. It had a blown internal fuse. He removed the module and attached the wires directly. No more problems. If you find a small plastic box that say something like "Prolock"..........!

 

Chilton covers this quite well. You don't need to remove the wheel unless you don't have a key, and you don't have to do any major demolition unless you have a tilt-wheel.

 

I indeed have a key... but I also have tilt steering.... it looks like I need to drop the steering column to get at the switch... not sure about the cyclinder or the metal bar....

Gasseous

 

Suck... how did it go? ...or how is it going?