Key stuck in igintion on CJ

callaway · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:26 pm

I just bought a 1986 CJ, got it home, and found the key is stuck in the ignition. Any ideas as to how to remove it?

ryno · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:02 pm

Turn the steering wheel abruptly (almost violently) from side to side and then try to take the key out. If that doesn't work, something's probably broken.

callaway · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:43 pm

Didn't work. Key's still there =/

aside from something broken any other thoughts?

FastTRX · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:02 am

Keep it locked up....

SunDvl · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:18 am

Try to spary some silicone or graphite into the cylider or remove the cylinder from the vehicle and take it to a locksmith.

callaway · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:48 am

FastTRX wrote:

Keep it locked up....

The neighbors don't like us

SunDvl wrote:

Try to spary some silicone or graphite into the cylider or remove the cylinder from the vehicle and take it to a locksmith.

How hard is it to take the cylinder out?

FastTRX · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:19 pm

callaway wrote:

FastTRX wrote:

Keep it locked up....

The neighbors don't like us

I think it's an unwritten rule that ALL neighbors aren't supposed to like the people who own "loud" and "lifted" vehicles...who uses them to offroad. I mean c'mon...who does that??

My neighbors love me too!

SethX9 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:54 pm

Grab a $100 bill and a phone and call AAA....I broke my key off in the ignition a few months ago and that was the only thing that fixed my predicament. :oops:

callaway · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:56 pm

supposedly there is a lever near the ignition/hazard switcharea that will force the key to the off positionand let me take the key out...

I see no such lever =/

Signcutter21 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:03 pm

my 85 has a little release lever, but your appears to not have one. I replaced the cylinder in mine this last spring. Used the Chiltons manual to do it. Relatively straight forwar. I think it took us in total about 5 hours, but I'm sure it could be done much faster. Have to take off wheel, so you'll need a steering wheel puller (rent one).

I'd try the graphite first. Have you had the key out before? You can also somehow break the locking mechinism by turning it. Will break the lock, so you will not even need a key to start it.

hope that helps,
mike

stick · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:49 am

Dad and I replaced the cylinder in his CJ5 last summer. It took a few hours, but that was mainly because we couldn't get the steering wheel off. A steering wheel puller would be a big help. If you don't have one, try this: remove the horn button and horn, have someone sit in the driver's seat and pull on the steering wheel while someone else lightly taps the center nut with a hammer. Keep pulling and tapping. It should come off. Like I said, much easier with a steering wheel puller. Then follow a Chilton's manual or Hayes manual and that should tell you have to do everything else. Pretty straight forward once you get the steering wheel off.

Key stuck in igintion on CJ

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