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Old 06-01-2013, 05:47 PM
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So I've made it all the way down to the turn signal switch, and what appeared in reading a pretty well done write up on doing the job left out what seems to be a major issue for me: getting the old wiring/connector down the raceway and out the front of the steering wheel. The writeup acts like it just comes right out: if it did for him, it certainly isn't for me!!!

Is there a trick to it? Am I missing some really easy take apart plastic doohickey??

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That's wierd. Your relay should be on the driver side at the right knee. It hides under the metal lip. When you find it , you'll know it's the one.
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Unless its been molested, look for a clip along that metal rail/lip.
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Thank you but not the turn signal flasher. I'm tearing down the steering column to replace the actual switch. I did manage to finally get the wiring through, and I was lucky enough to get it almost all the way back together before I noticed that I had pinched the ignition wire hard enough to need to take it all the way back apart... oy...
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Wonderful! I have it all back together now, I still have the EXACT SAME PROBLEM as before, after all that work, and as an added bonus, I now have an AIR BAG light.... FML.



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