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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
My 37 Ford had a steering column lock.
Didn't know there was a car in the US where you could remove the key and not lock the column.
regards
Mech
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There are some Chrysler and other cars that you can remove the key from the ignition while the engine is running.
Unless that was a seriously worn out lock cylinder...
RE: Radio locks - they're not a problem on most Fords. I don't know about other cars, but older Hondas can do it too... basically, anything that uses a 2 sided key and doesn't have a chip or resistor in the key.
The lock assembly is only moved by one side of the key. I'm not really sure why anyone made it a 2 sided key unless it was a matter of convenience, or so people would stop jamming keys in and breaking them off because they wanted to put them in upside down...
Now, have fun finding a shop that will correctly cut two keys on the same blank. I have a tooling shop that lets me cut my own keys, so I can get away with it. Not that I have any reason to do it right now.