JacobCanale

Just went through the process of changing the ignition switch in my Jeep. The old switch would crank the engine with no key in it. After changing the lock cylinder, the new lock won’t turn completely off. I now realize that the old key had the same situation, but the key could still come out of the cylinder. What would cause the ignition lock to not want to turn all the way off? Jeep is a 1989 5 speed manual

agreen

Did you get the manual transmission lock cylinder?

Because the manual ones are supposed to have some kind of lock to prevent you from turning it all the way to off unless you push the key in or flip a lever or something like that.

lawsoncl

Yes, you need to push it to get the key back to the lock position. On an 89, the key drives a rod that runs down the steering column to the actual ignition switch on the column under the dash. That switch might be bad, and I think you move it fore/aft to adjust can adjust it?

JacobCanale

The ignition switch works perfectly, and switches into all the correct positions when out of the steering column, but the rod that the ignition switch attaches to inside the column doesn’t want to turn any further back. I think it may be the problem with the ignition switch under the dash, but I can’t seem to find a good way of accessing it.

JacobCanale

figured it out. Turns out I’m pretty dumb, and there’s a lever behind the ignition lock that allows you to turn it to the off position and pull the key out. Total face palm moment, I will now proceed with the reassembly of shame 🤦‍♂️