hello everyone, just recently purchased a 91 rs, the seller put the key in and turned the steering wheel and pulled th key out with no problem.... the car has no motor and there was no power hooked up to the car when the seller showed me this. i hooked up power and put the key in the ignition, and not the key will not come out.... i am trying to put the motor in but there is no use to put in if i can not crank the motor.... so the bottom line is the key is stuck in the ignition can anyone help me please..... any help will be highly appreciated... thank you

 

make sure the shifter is in park?

 

have to push the lever to release the key

 

Sounds like your having an issue with the locking steering wheel/park linkage.
There is a ring on your steering wheel colum the moves when you move your shifter when everything is hooked up. it has to be in the proper position to lock the sheering wheel when the key is turned to the off position. If you turn it by hand (I think it's counter clock wise. if not, the other way!) as far as it will go, you should be able to turn the key to the off position and remove it. Basicly, it's like turning your engine off without putting the shifter in park, you can't get the key out till you do.

 

I am having very same problem. All of a sudden it was very hard to put into park. (had to force it) I could also hear a clicking sound inside my steering colum. Now I know something is broken inside because there is no click inside the steering colum and it shifts into park very easiliy. My key is still stuck in the ignition.

I understand what sqzbox is saying but is that the solution or a fix to just remove the key? Can the steering lock be removed?

 

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Can anyone help me with this?