Call a 3/32-inch drill bit to adjust the dimmer switch during the ignition replacement.
The ignition switch in your 1990 Cadillac DeVille is eclipsed at the pattern of the steering contour. You can transform the ignition switch by lowering the steering string. On the contrary, you commitment to disarm the air bag development before you break ground replacing the switch. This Testament prevent you from triggering an coercion switch and deploying the air bags by accident, which may target grim personal injury.
Instructions
Removing the Ignition Switch
1. Establish the ignition to the "Off" position and remove the primary.
2. Airy the hood and disconnect the battery using a wrench.
3.7. Unfasten the screw and stud retaining fan from the dimmer-switch mounting bracket slots. Benefit a ratchet, ratchet time and socket.
Remove the underside panel from under the steering contour using a Phillips screwdriver.
5. Place the 2 two-way low connectors at the mould of the steering string and near the replica line. Pull elsewhere the plastic lock pin from the two-way connectors and unplug the two-way unethical connectors. This Testament disable the air bag method.
6. Detach the steering border from under the instrument panel frame using a ratchet, ratchet extension and socket. Carefully lower the borderline.
Remove the fuse panel door from under the instrument panel by pushing the snap tap by share. Glom for fuse digit 3 on the inside of the door panel diagram and remove the fuse with a span of nose pliers.4.
8. Lift the ground wire from the mounting stud.
9. Bullwork the dimmer switch off the connecting rod and off the steering line.
10. Unfasten the dimmer and ignition switch mounting stud using a ratchet, ratchet margin and low socket.
11. Duty the ignition switch off the actuator rod.
15. Install the dimmer and ignition switch mounting stud using the ratchet, ratchet extension and deep socket. Then remove the plastic pin securing the new ignition switch in the "Off" position.16.
Plug the dewy ignition switch electrical connector.
14. Install the ignition switch on the actuator rod and fix it on its mounting position the steering column.
12. Unplug the ignition switch electrical connectors and remove the switch.
Installing the New Ignition Switch
13.Work the connector rod into the dimmer switch and position the switch on the ignition switch and dimmer switch mounting stud.
17.Install the ground wire on the mounting stud. Then install the screw and stud retaining nut on the dimmer switch finger-tight.
18. Adjust the dimmer switch by inserting a 3/32-inch diameter drill bit through the hole in the lower side of the dimmer switch. Push the dimmer switch flat against the steering column and slide the switch down to remove any play. Pull the drill bit off the dimmer switch and tighten the mounting nut and screw with the ratchet, ratchet extension and socket.
19. Raise the steering column and attach it to the instrument panel frame using the ratchet, ratchet extension and socket.
20. Connect the two 2-way connectors and install the plastic lock pins on the connectors.
21. Install the underside panel using the Phillips screwdriver.
22. Replace fuse number 3 in the fuse panel and panel door.
23. Connect the battery using the wrench.
24. Stand outside the car next to the steering wheel and out of the way of the air bag on the steering column. Turn the ignition key to the "Run" position and see that the "Inflatable Restraint" indicator light on the instrument panel flashes between 7 and 9 times and then stays off. If the indicator light keeps flashing, take your vehicle to a service station to erase any trouble codes from the computer memory that might have been set when disarming the air bag system.
