[tcb] steering wheel locks....beware!!!!!!
- From: "Shirley Hall" <Shirley.Hall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:33:32 -0600
Sunday I returned to Ft.Worth and went to put my 65 camper in the garage. I
pulled my 72 bay window into the street and drove the 65 in the garage. When I
went to start the 72, by mistake I put the door key in the original key
cylinder to start the car. The origianl has been replace with a dash mounted
ignition switch. When the door key jammed in the lock cylinder, I pulled the
lock core out with the key. I shoved the cylinder back in the grove without
thinking much about it. I let the 72 roll back past the driveway, pulled out
to the left to go into the driveway on the rigth and it happened.....the
steering column locked! Here I am in the middle of my street and I can not
turn the wheel. I am now diagonal across the street and I can either sit in
front of my neighbors driveway or block the whole street. With the help of the
two ladies that live next to me and the 12yr old kid up the street, we were
able to jack it up on a floor jack (yes, shirley's megaton floor jack!) and get
it to the side of the street. I got the column loose and found the pin for the
steering wheel lock pushed back up (thanks larry for telling me where to find
it).
To my neighbors it was just a funny incident with two older ladies and a kid
rescuing me out of the street. It was funny to me too. That is until it hit
me... could have happened when I was changing lanes at 65mph going down I-20?
Here's my thought.... Any vehicle that one buys that has an alternative
ignition...DO NOT ASSUME THAT THE STEERINIG WHEEL LOCK HAS BEEN DISABLED.
You bet when I get time this weekend that bad boy is going to have the
#$@$!#%!#$%! drilled out of it and removed.
Ya'll drive safe,
Shirley Hall
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