Toyota Repair: 91 tercel steering wheel and ignition, steering wheel lock, release pin

Question
my girlfriend has a 91 toy tercel the other day we had a problem starting the car because the key would not turn, after wiggling it for abought five minutes i finally got the car started. it work for that day but the next day when my g/f got out of school she couldnt get the car started. i tried starting it the key wouldnt turn i thought the steering wheel might be locked i tried turning it left and right as i was doing that i could hear a clunking noise and the column was moving some, what im trying to find out is what could be causing this and what can i do to fix it, is there a way to remove the ignition or steering wheel lock if i cant turn the ignition?

Answer
The ignition lock cylinder needs to be replaced, the only way the cylinder will come out is if you can get into the "acc" position, there is a release pin on the housing that you have to push in to remove the cylinder,. remove the covering around the locj to gain access to the pin, it may be a good idea to buy the new lock cylinder first so you can see where the release pin is, if you can not get the key into the ACC position the lock cylinder needs to be drilled out and I recommend having a toyota dealer or locksmith deal with this.