how do you separate ignition switch from wiring?

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how do you separate ignition switch from wiring?

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Ok, my won't turn off issue could likely be either starter relay/solenoid or ignition switch, so I'm gonna change both. Have lock cylinder out of ignition switch, how do you get the switch to separate from the wiring? Been using a small flathead, but scare I'm going to bust the plastic wiring, is there some hidden switch or release I'm not physically seeing? HELP! Banjo.
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ignore request, my eyes finally came back to me and I could see how to unclip it. Getting older is not for sissys!
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Banjo wrote:Getting older is not for sissys!
:yt:

AMEN!!!
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Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???

That's not an oil leak :nono: That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! :thup:
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One weak from today, I turn 48. Two more years till AARP start hounding me. Got bifocals last February. Even with 9 hours of sleep, I still have trouble keeping my eyes open in church sometimes. When it gets cold, my knees ache. My back goes out more than I do.
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Banjo wrote:Ok, my won't turn off issue could likely be either starter relay/solenoid or ignition switch, so I'm gonna change both.
95% of the time it's the solenoid. Disconnect the "I" terminal on the solenoid and your truck should turn off.
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Not saying any of you guys are wrong. Just saying that as I age, I'd like to spend a few extra bucks and be sure it's fixed the first time, so I'm changing both. I truely appreciate everyones' reply, Banjo.
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flyboy2610 wrote:One weak from today, I turn 48. Two more years till AARP start hounding me. Got bifocals last February. Even with 9 hours of sleep, I still have trouble keeping my eyes open in church sometimes. When it gets cold, my knees ache. My back goes out more than I do.
I sure wish that trumpet would blow.
AARP ROCKS!!!!!! :woohoo:

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With it, every year I save at least 10 times the cost of membership because of the discounts that come along with it.

That's one of the FEW advantages to getting older!!! :thup: :thup: :thup:
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Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???

That's not an oil leak :nono: That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! :thup:
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hey when you get that old just be one of those old guys with a rain coat and get all your stuff for free. they dont put old guys with raincoats in jail anymore. :lol:
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:yt:

D@mn, hadn't thought of that.

I've always been a perv, at least according to my wife!!! :D
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.--Plato
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???

That's not an oil leak :nono: That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! :thup:
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