It was stated on the first page of this threadOriginally Posted by dpzelenak
ive been haveing this proplem for a year now, wanting to fix it, ive been reading and reading and dont know how so to take the solenoid out, ive takin some pics, im guessing its this white piece,,ive twisted and pulled and cant get it out..is there some trick to this
However I found that I didn't have the tool to unmount it, so I shot a bit of oil in the solenoid that slides up and down, and it seems to have done the job at the moment. There's really no way to wrap tape around it and tape it down, so if this doesn't work I'll just break the thing off and pull it out that way.Part looks like this...
How to fix it:
If you take the bottom cover off of the steering column you can get to it rather easy and remove the solenoid.
1) tilt wheel all the way up and remove tilt wheel lever.... just pull, it comes out rather easy
2) take out screws in bottom steering column cover.... torx bit
3) pull off cover. you will have to tilt it a little to clear the rear clips.
4) remove screw(s) holding in solenoid.... very small nut driver or pliers will do the trick.
5) unplug wires to solenoid and discard solenoid into nearest trash can and save money for beer after job is complete
6) reverse order to reassemble column
7) use money saved from step 5 and go have a few beers
Anyone know if cutting the wires off it would do the trick, or do I need to dismantle it?
