i have a 94 toyota pickup and i was told by a mechanic that the ignition switch was bad. how do i get the old ignition switch off??

 

The switch or the cylinder itself? The switch is just held on by two small screws at the back of the IGN cylinder. You have to remove the lower dash panel on the drivers side to access it. Very easy fix.

 

1. Pull carefully on the black surround and rubber grommet that is in front of the ignition.

2. Undo the 4 screws and 10mm bolt (under your left speaker) that hold on the kickpanel under the steering wheel.

2.1 (*optional step here: Carefully pull the right side and try to release the retaining tabs from the center panel and unplugging your left speaker, let the panel lay with the left side up so you don't have to undo the hood latch and gas door releases and skip all the rest of the steps below.)

3. Open up your glove box and undo the 4 screws (pay special attention to the hidden one on the lower left facing of the glovebox) and the 10mm bolt below the speaker, unplug the speaker and remove the golvebox.

4. Carefully push in on the pop clips on the sides of your lower-canter enclosure below the stereo, pull the clips and pull the enclosure forward to release the retention clips from the dash support.

5. Pull off your fan/heater/air control knobs and using a small hooked screwdriver pry the fan panel off towards you. It'll flex a bit, and is sometimes a bit tough to do, but take your time and it'll pop free.

6. Pull out the screws on the center-dash trim and pull it forward, exposing the left under steering-wheel panel completely as well as your stereo assembly.

7. Pull off the under steeering-wheel panel and goto town. Reassembly is reverse of the steps.

(*I used to be able to find this sort of stuff on http://www.the12volt.com/ but I lost the link. forgive me if I missed some parts.)