Toyota Repair: 83 toyota truck ignition tumbler, release pin, lock cylinder


Question
how can you remove the ignition tumbler without the key to turn the switch to acc?

Answer
There are couple of other ways but none of them easy, in some cases the release pin can be forced back in with a punch and a hammer but most of the time not, the other solutions are to drill the center of the lock cylinder out, this is messy and requires someone that knows exactly what to do or the lock housing can be damaged, the protrusion on the bottom of the lock housing where the pin is located can be cut off with an air powered cut off tool, again, it will take someone that knows how to do this, finally the only choice left is to replace the entire ignition lock housing including a new cylinder, this is not an easy job either.