Project golf - STILL will not run (but backfires!)

[Benrevs]

mine went and i took the opportunity and fitted a push-start to the left of the steering wheel under the blanking plate thingy...  was easier than replacing the ignition switch!! 

[cняis]

Right then so as quoted above i have removed the steering wheel, all the stalks, the allen bolt holding the ignition switch collar in, but the frikkin collar wont come off!! i've tried beating it off with a hammer and small bolster an the thing wont budge! HELP! i want to finish this by today!!

 

Im referring to the silver (alloy) surround which hold the ignition switch and barrel etc:



edit: do i need to remove the spline adapter? how might i do that?

edit 2: might have found the answer! http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=64336.msg498551#msg498551

[cняis]

ARGH the spline adapter wont come off with repeated beating. borrowing a puller from a mate, do you think this will work?

[rubjonny]

ive used a puller before, depends how badly it is siezed on!  If you smake the column hard enough it should collapse and cause the adaptor to pop off BUT you gotta retighten the allen bolt holding the ignition surround on 1st

The other way is to undo the allen bolt and also remove the bolt at the base of the column holding on the universal joint, then the entire column will come out giving better access to the ign switch screw

[cняis]

ive used a puller before, depends how badly it is siezed on!  If you smake the column hard enough it should collapse and cause the adaptor to pop off BUT you gotta retighten the allen bolt holding the ignition surround on 1st

The other way is to undo the allen bolt and also remove the bolt at the base of the column holding on the universal joint, then the entire column will come out giving better access to the ign switch screw

sounds like i wasnt hitting it hard enough then, i didnt want to damage the thread on the wheel nut or rip the bolts out holding the column brackets on.

maybe i need a lump hammer!

mates coming round monday night with the puller, hopefully that will sort things. im sick of the sight of the car at the moment so wont bother til then.

ta! 

[rubjonny]

thread the wheel nut on to stop the threads being damaged

[wrexham mk2]

I got a complete column from the scrappy when mine went, much easyer!!  then you need a 3mm drill to drill the barrels out so you can change them over and keep your original key     

oh and if you have torque head bolts holding the column on, either drill the heads off the (the tails do turn out with a decent pair of longnose pliers) or tap them undone with a decent center punch.   you can then replace the bolts with 2 8x25mm bolts

[rubjonny]

are you talking about the main bracket that holds the column to the dash?  If so theres no need to rmove it, just undo the single bolt holding the surround to the outer bracket and the UJ bolt.  the column will come out th middle of the outer bracket

[wrexham mk2]

ye i thought about that, but after I had removed the whole column from the car!!   

just wasnt sure!! 

[cняis]

so i got the puller tonight to remove the spline adapter. does the steering column surround allen bolt need putting back in before i start to pry the adapter off? 

next question. the end of the puller goes to a point. with that essentially sitting inside the steering column shaft, will it damage the end of the shaft whilst i do the puller up? (splay it open if you will?)