Ignition barrel housing removal

[pushingMACH8]

The cast ignition housing on my Calais is looking scratched and shabby, I want to remove to repaint it but theres a circlip keeping it in place and its under pressure from a spring. Theres not a lot of room to maneuver. Has anyone got any tips on how to go about removing this? A tool which will help?

Or am I better off masking everything up and repaint it where it is?

Cheers

 

[Skylarking]

Don’t know but maybe the VK lock is similar to the VL lock, if so maybe this will help

 

[pushingMACH8]

Don’t know but maybe the VK lock is similar to the VL lock, if so maybe this will help

It looks identical to the VK, but he doesn't remove the cast housing. Just the ignition barrel.

 

[Skylarking]

It looks identical to the VK, but he doesn't remove the cast housing. Just the ignition barrel.

Yes, true, I misunderstood.

Sadly that video provides no hints but looking at another video for a GM column from something close to the period of your car seems to indicate the whole column must be removed Have a look here as it may give you an idea.

Obviously yours would have a collapsible column so it may be possible to just remove the top half of the column but I’m not sure. Hopefully someone else with a VK will chime in with some personal experience on this as a quick searc( on YouTube hasn’t yielded any results.

In any case, if you are going to do it you might as well do it correctly

 

[vc commodore]

If you're referring to the coffee pot,(ie the section that houses the ignition switch assembley) just remove the circlip....Hold the spring with your fingers, because it's not under that much tension.

Just for future reference, that you tube video skylarking put up, if it wasn't for the bottom of the dash being in the picture, I'd swear it is a VB.....So from that VB through to VL are identical

 

[Skylarking]

... Just for future reference, that you tube video skylarking put up, if it wasn't for the bottom of the dash being in the picture, I'd swear it is a VB.....So from that VB through to VL are identical

Pure luck as i couldnt find a specific VK video for OP.

GM never reinvents the wheel... re-use is their motto

 

[vc commodore]

Pure luck as i couldnt find a specific VK video for OP.

GM never reinvents the wheel... re-use is their motto

It comes in handy fiddling around with older stuff.....Helps clear up little issues, like finding a specific model video when it comes things like this.

And re-using....Saves money in development costs

 

[pushingMACH8]

If you're referring to the coffee pot,(ie the section that houses the ignition switch assembley) just remove the circlip....Hold the spring with your fingers, because it's not under that much tension.

Just for future reference, that you tube video skylarking put up, if it wasn't for the bottom of the dash being in the picture, I'd swear it is a VB.....So from that VB through to VL are identical

It felt like the spring was under decent pressure before, but I'll give it a go. Cheers.