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Message started by wambr on 03/29/13 at 11:03:24

Title: fall'n keys . is this normal?
Post by wambr on 03/29/13 at 11:03:24

hi! in General this is a bad thing happens... in the past year on the road lost the ignition key when i rode . and seem to have forgotten, but today awoke my Savage after winter hibernation and remembered last year's trouble . I removed the ignition switch and heard it. look and check and found nothing negative... in General, the key can be easily removed from the ignition switch in any of 3 positions "off" "on" or "p". is this normal? enlighten me please.

Title: Re: fall'n keys . is this normal?
Post by Serowbot on 03/29/13 at 11:13:10

It's worn out...
Sometimes just having a new key made will fix it...

Title: Re: fall'n keys . is this normal?
Post by Greg on 03/29/13 at 11:52:59

I had the same issue with an old Ford truck. I used to keep Popsicle sticks in the cab to start it. 8-)

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Post by paulmarshall on 03/29/13 at 12:08:09

I currently have this problem, New key did not fix it for me. Until I replace barrel I put key in top pocket after starting. ;)

Title: Re: fall'n keys . is this normal?
Post by savagerider87 on 03/29/13 at 14:48:34

7B7E7972757F1C0 wrote:

I had the same issue with an old Ford truck. I used to keep Popsicle sticks in the cab to start it. 8-)

When I was 8, a family friend had an old Toyota Tercel hatchback that she could pull the key out of while going down the road.... the first time she pulled the keys out, she scared the everloving crap outta me, those were the days ;D

Title: Re: fall'n keys . is this normal?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/29/13 at 15:42:50

EASY answer. One of those retractable key chains on your belt. Turn it on, pull the key out, let it gently retract, start it & go. Time to stop, turn it OFF,,if ya use the kill, its gonna be real easy to forget to put that key in & turn it off,.,

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Post by arteacher on 03/29/13 at 16:20:22

3C393E3532385B0 wrote:

I had the same issue with an old Ford truck. I used to keep Popsicle sticks in the cab to start it. 8-)

Had a Land Cruiser that you could do that with. It was intentional though, so you could take the key out and unlock the tailgate without shutting the engine off. Probably because it had a power take off.

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Post by bill67 on 03/29/13 at 16:47:36

Remember the Chevrolet cars you put the key in took it of lock and you could pull the key out,Start it and turn off with out the key in it,The rest of GM cars didn't have that.

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Post by rfw2003 on 03/29/13 at 17:05:43

my 95 cheby c2500 will do that. you can put the key in the ignition and turn it part way and then pull it out. Then you won't have to use the key unless you turn it all the way back to locked position.

R.F.

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Post by Johnny57 on 03/29/13 at 17:40:27

Did you see this? Problem solved.

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Title: Re: fall'n keys . is this normal?
Post by Dave on 04/01/13 at 05:20:01

I had a VW bus that had a worn switch and you could take the key out when it was running. One day I was driving to Cincinnati and when I was going over the bridge the keys fell out of the ignition switch. I was in the process of making a new floor mat and did not have any floor covering, and the little cover over the master cylinder reservoir was not snapped into the floor. The keys dropped straight down and went out the hole in the floor for master cylinder. The keys dropped onto the highway....and I had to pull over and run back and dodge traffic to get my keys before someone ran over them!

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Post by Digger on 04/01/13 at 21:23:52

My dad used to drive his old Chevy to high school. You could remove the key while the engine was running.

Anyway, when school let out one afternoon, he jumped in his car and went to start it.....except it was already running.

Here it had been idling all day! He was in such a rush to get to homeroom that morning that he pulled the key out of the ignition without turning the engine off first and went running into the school building.... ;D