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Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:43 pm

I had a locksmith pull a piece of a broken key that was way in the locking cylinder, the guy accidentally lost the tiny screw that holds the ignition switch to the locking cylinder, any idea where to buy a replacement? or a substitute screw from something else that fits, wondering if anybody has done this with any luck...

Thanks!

Jose.

Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:48 pm

If he did the work inside your bus, you might try searching the interior with a strong magnet or put a nylon over a vacuum for the same purpose.

Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:22 pm

Unfortunately that little screw is a gonner, we did a very good search, but thanks for suggestions anyway. I do have a huge magnet I used to use to retrieve dropped fishing rods over the Ocean Beach Pier lol! I will run it around the lawn area where bus was parked, I am a little afraid of pulling my chihuahuas by their metal buckle in collars thought :lol:

Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:58 pm

I actually found it!
The guy swore he had it there by pedals so I moved bus and ran the magnet on lawn there and there it was :wink: , must have fallen tru hole in pedals.
Here is a picture of the pesky tiny thing for future reference:

tags for future searches: ignition switch locking grubscrew tiny screw small

Thanks for the suggestion on giant magnet BusBoss!

Jose.

Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:06 pm

Do you have a Jesus Clip to go with your Jesus Screw? Good thing you found it I doubt a replacement would have been located!

Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:31 pm

Sweet! Glad it worked out. I've had many similar experiences in the past. \:D/

Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:31 pm

let me say- you are way lucky. i have a 2 ft. bar magnet i use for finding much bigger fasteners, and more often than not they are never found...

Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:59 pm

Lol! I know this was a lucky break :lol:
I got my hands full now though, just got my Bus back from paint shop, it is completely stripped of windows, seats vent wings etc, I got to put all together except for the windows, I will do that after the upholstery job, the guy was telling me how much easier it is to work the headliner without the glass in windows...
Here is a preliminary shot of my bus, I painted her in a lite turquoise on a white top. I will start a thread of this restoration later on when it is finished, or simply more presentable :wink:

She went from this:

To this:

Its been been raining a lot in southern California which is not the norm, and since I dont have a garage I been keeping her covered up with a tarp and only working on it when weather allows, it is coming along nice but lots of work ahead!

Jose.