Kchula-Rrit@nsc.UUCP (09/23/83)
Regarding the person who couldn't insert/turn/remove the ignition key when
the steering wheel locks--
Our 1970 Toyota has the same problem, although not as bad. All I have to do is
turn the wheel a little bit, and generally the key will turn. This happens to
me at random intervals, not just after having driven for a while. The car has
done this ever since we bought it ~5 months ago. The ignition switch in our
1970 Ford Maverick would be difficult to turn when the wheel was *hard* against
the ignition lock stop. Once the key was turned, the wheel popped away from the
stops, and the key would turn freely.
I've chalked the problem up to a [sometimes] cranky old car.
However, the Toyota seems to need its points adjusted every month[longest
interval]. I have never seen this in any car before. The point gap will close
down until just about nil. The car runs fine, but every few weeks it will
start running roughly, back-firing,hard starting,etc. After ~10 minutes of
this, the car dies and will not start for love or money. About 15 minutes with
a dwell gauge(sp?) and tools will get us going again, but it is a hassle we'd
rather avoid especially at night. Any advice?
Also, we are thinking of taking the car to Minnesota[from San Francisco Bay
area] in December/January. Can anyone tell me if we must put lighter-weight oil
in the manual transmission and rear-end? There is currently 90-weight in them
now. Please respond by mail.
Paranoidally Yours,
Kchula-Rrit
I was given this mail address: !menlo70!nsc!nessus