Ignition Won't Turn Off

[jwade]

You have to remove the plastic ductwork to get at the switch. It's easy, just slide it out. The pain in the ass is getting your body upside down in there just right to remove it, but you do not have to remove a seat or anything to do this.

Just get a small step stool and place it by the door once you open it. I set a blanket over the stool to keep the stool from hitting the paint. By placing the stool, it allowed my body to stay at the angle of the door swing.

Get you a couple flashlights too. One small one for your hand and one larger one that can sit close to the accellerator pedal and angle up into the area where you will be working.

To remove the set screws for the ignition switch, you need a flat head micro screwdriver.

[ppbon]

Originally Posted by jwade

The pain in the ass is getting your body upside down in there just right to remove it, but you do not have to remove a seat or anything to do this.

The good thing about having replaced a few dozen is that I can do it just kneeling outside the car (on a soft rubber mat).
I can feel my way and don't have to crawl into the footwell.

Hope no one has to replace that many in their own cars.

Happy Boxstering,
Pedro

[SoCalKen]

E9,
My 00 did the same thing a few months ago. The instructions were very good on Pedros site and the only thing that would have helped get it done on the first attempt would have been to have small screw driver with a larger diameter handle that's still short and compact. My biggest difficulty was that I couldn't see clearly because the close distance and akward angle my glasses didn't work and without glasses I'm lost. ironically after I finished Pedro sent a photo of some other people having done the same thing I eventually did (add something to the handle to get better grip). It didn't seem logical that all the problems were from that little plastic piece but they were. AC quit working, car would run with key out, all kinds of funny stuff.
ken