chillerice

Hey guys I lost my keys for my civic and went to check the ignition cylinder to see if it was the orignal but it was changed.

My problem is there are two things hanging there on my steering column. One with a white plug to a shine thingy and the other is a black one with a green plug. I saw on ebay that they are on the cylinder but my cylinder has no spot for them to screw to.

3 questions:

1. What are they responsible for and do they have to be screwed down on the cylinder?

2: Should I buy a new ignition switch all together?

3: Can I take the harness off the cylinder and get a key cut since I can't remove the tumbler?

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

Call a locksmith.

chillerice

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AIRTEX-1S642...4b5dd6&vxp=mtr

What is that black box with the green connector and the gold one above it?What purpose do they serve?

My ignition has no where to put them and they are just left hanging.

chillerice

Anyone here have any idea what the BLACK thing with the ]green[B[/B] plug and the gold/white thing above it on the key cylinder in this ebay link are?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AIRTEX-1S642...4b5dd6&vxp=mtr

They are just hanging in my steering column. I have no clue what they are,what they do (how important they are) and the cylinder in my car has no where to mount them like this ebay one.

Help please it's bugging the crap outta me for months now trying to figure out what they are.

vitamin_c95

I believe its a lock. Trying to recall if its for the lock cyl or steering lock

94EG8

Key sense switch. If it's not hooked up you wont have a door chime/beep when the keys are in the ignition and the driver's door is open. I removed mine for exactly that reason. The other one I don't recall.

vitamin_c95

is your car a 5 speed?

greenteadude

that is a micro switch that triggers the bell when the key is inserted in the cylinder .... mine is disconnected to because i hate hearing that annoying bell

chillerice

And what about the gold one at the top?

chillerice

vitamin. No it's not. The cylinder itself looks like its not from the car but the switch harness is.

I saw glass bit in the car when i bought it in 2007. i'm thinking it was broken into and they messed u the iggy and the owner just changed the whole cylinder and use back the original harness.

jbpnoman

Completely off topic, but do you just have to unplug it to make the annoying chiming go away, or is there anything else you have to do with the wires?

94EG8

Just unplug it or depin one of the wires. For some reason I don't recall mine having a plug so I depined one wire on mine at the large plug for the ignition switch. Something about the pic the OP posted looks wrong to me but I haven't looked at a real switch in a long time.

chillerice

The pic is not wrong. I have a 98 ex auto transmission. Also even though that switch is off I still have the 4 fast beeping sound with key inserted and door open.

Here's a pic of my ignition.

chillerice

I think I figured what the gold thing is. I think it's a steering lock switch and when the key turns it unlocks.

chillerice

I think I figured what the gold thing is. I think it's a steering lock switch and when the key turns it unlocks.

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