Steering lock problem solved (for real)

SouthArk370Z

Cutting the brown wire does exactly what pulling the fuse does (kills power to motor that moves locking pin).

It sounds like you may have a mechanical problem, not an electrical one. Possibly too much grease, which is not letting the locking pin travel to full stop.

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DemandedAce

So at this point would the recommendation be to just cut my way into the unit itself and find a way to disengage the pin manually?

SouthArk370Z

That's what I would do. There is at least one DIY on this site explaining how to get the thing apart and which switch(es) need to be jumpered.

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DemandedAce

Do you know where this DIY is? I've been hunting for a while now and can't find it. The closest I have found is Kenchan's DIY for removing the box, but does not explain opening/modifying the box. Fritz posted a while back a thread stating he had pulled the box and dismantled it, but he never posted any pictures or real steps, and when people asked him to (since it was in the DIY) he got defensive and they all started arguing about lawyers and liability until a mod closed the thread lol (this was a 2012 thread).

If you can find it or have it earmarked please send it over to me, I'm looking now though and still can't find anything on the internals of the unit yet which is really what I need at this point.

Sidenote, it seems like the unit can be removed/disengaged but still plugged in - does this fit what you have seen (I haven't been able to remove mine yet)? If so, it seems like I could theoretically remove the two safety fastening pins and just strap it somewhere underneath the steering column where it can do whatever it wants all day while not actually engaging anything.

Thoughts?