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Old 05-13-2007, 08:39 PM
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My key wont stay on the "on" position when I start it. It goes to "acc" I had this problem like a couple of months ago. It was the contacts on the key cylinder, the mechanic grinded them and put the cylinder back together and it worked fine. my question is, do I have to buy the whole cylinder or could i get one of a similar car and try to fix it?
Old 05-13-2007, 09:02 PM
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I would just replace the ignition switch. Find a donor car with a working ignition and a key and just replace it.
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could i get one at a honda dealer?
Old 05-13-2007, 09:35 PM
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are the internals the same in all the swithches from da9's
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Old 05-14-2007, 04:38 AM
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Sounds like the switch, not the tumbler. Any junkyards close by? Two screws on the back of the tumbler hold the switch on.
Just match all of the wiring-I tried to swap an 90 Integra's with my sons 88 Civic-alittle different.

But if your mechanic ground down something on the tumbler then you would need that too-with the matching key.




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