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timvw7476
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| ShakeItUpNowSugaree wrote: |
@dodger tom, he's 12.
@timevw7476, I don't really see this as a daily driver for anyone. It's been a fickle beast for years and years. He'll learn that one day, lol. The plan has been for him to get the Jeep I'm currently driving and I'll get something new. There's also an older Jeep that my son has always seen as "his dad's" that we're trying to save too (it was mine for like 12 years, but the kiddo was a baby when I got the one I'm in now and he doesn't remember me driving the older one). |
nice set up! it is just that these oldsters are..... ' frail ' . as in a hamfisted operator can strip a window regulator or jam-up the sliding side door seeing as they came from an electric powered everything 2010 minivan or what have you.
I even take my loose wheels & tires in to get new tires. They don't get to learn how to find reverse on my 49 year old relic. I find it keeps an old ride intact just preventing contact with the general public. |
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Abscate 
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: Intro |
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Only 2 1/2 years until driving!
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dodger tom
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Location: Central Coast, CA, but we're all still Ukrainian and Californian
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: Intro |
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and, i bet he prefers young man to child.
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Xevin
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: Intro |
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Only 2 1/2 years until driving!
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And 2 1/2 years until you should not be driving 
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TomWesty
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 9:06 pm Post subject: Re: Intro |
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| Xevin wrote: |
| Abscate wrote: |
Only 2 1/2 years until driving!
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And 2 1/2 years until you should not be driving |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 1:01 am Post subject: Re: Intro |
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| Xevin wrote: |
| Abscate wrote: |
Only 2 1/2 years until driving!
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And 2 1/2 years until you should not be driving |
Speak up sonny, I canβt hear yehβ¦.
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ShakeItUpNowSugaree
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Location: Alabama
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 2:41 am Post subject: Re: Intro |
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| This may be a silly question. With the key that fits the ignition key slot. Did you turn the steering wheel left and right. Sometimes the steering wheel needs a little motion to turn the key. Also. I think every old VW I have had. Had a key hidden in the engine compartment or underneath by the previous owner. Perhaps explore when you have free time. |
No dice. The problem seems to be that the slot on the ignition lock cylinder is blocked. I can't get any key into it. It's almost like the plate that's covering the inner assembly is out of alignment with the inner part.
I've ordered the Bentley manual. I could have sworn we had one, but for the life of me, I can't find it. Story of my life these days, lol.
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ShakeItUpNowSugaree
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 2:43 am Post subject: Re: Intro |
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| dodger tom wrote: |
| and, i bet he prefers young man to child. |
How about "mancub"? |
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Xevin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 4:07 am Post subject: Re: Intro |
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| ShakeItUpNowSugaree wrote: |
| dodger tom wrote: |
| and, i bet he prefers young man to child. |
How about "mancub"? |
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70bus
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 10:34 am Post subject: Re: Intro |
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| I can't get any key into it. |
Is there a key broken off inside the lock? Would explain where the missing ignition key went!
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ShakeItUpNowSugaree
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 11:43 am Post subject: Re: Intro |
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| I can't get any key into it. |
Is there a key broken off inside the lock? Would explain where the missing ignition key went! |
I've definitely considered that. I think I'm going to attempt to pull the ignition cylinder this weekend and see if that sheds any light on the situation. If it is a broken key, then maybe using a flathead screwdriver to turn it into the right position to remove it will work?
This having to work thing is really getting in the way of all my projects. |
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