MrArmyAnt
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Lost keys, is there an easy way to hot wire the 77? Blazer is stuck on a deer lease, keys managed to leave me on a hunt. Guess it's a good thing we didnt hit anything.
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Lost Keys
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pauly383
Daddy383
Well , you have to break the lock , or remove the steering wheel and lockplate to unlock the steering wheel and remove the lock cylinder .
Then you don't need to hotwire it , stick a screwdriver in the hole and move the rack that moves the ignition rod .
Then you don't need to hotwire it , stick a screwdriver in the hole and move the rack that moves the ignition rod .
Cowboy_80
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if the ignition doesn't lock the steering wheel, run a hot wire from the +bat to the hotside of the coil. then jump the starter with a screwdriver.
pauly383
Daddy383
or on the column pull the plug , then just go red to pink , and then momentarily touch purple 
Cowboy_80
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or on the column pull the plug , then just go red to pink , and then momentarily touch purple
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1978Blazerk5
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I miss my old truck you didnt even need the keys. just needed em' for the doors.
Cowboy_80
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that's how my '64 was. Of course, it was a '64 so I didn't even lock the doors.
vortec
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uuuuuuhhh....locksmith or swapping your own cylinder would be better.
not saying hotwiring is hard, just unnecessary.
not saying hotwiring is hard, just unnecessary.
Cowboy_80
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yeah, locksmiths don't like going to bfe redneck country and make keys with files.
vortec
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being a city guy, i have no experience with that, so i'll have to take your word for it. i'd just swap the ignition cylinder, in that case. or just yank it out and use switches instead. you're obviously not that worried about security if you're willing to hotwire it all the time.
is it a tilt column? if not then take a BFH to it. I left my keys at home and trailered the truck to Paragon. a few well placed hits with the hammer and the column lock was history. push the rod that actuates the switch and viola it starts.
but first I would try all your friends keys. there are only so many tooth combo's. I bought a column out of a junkyard that had no key. I dug through a box of keys they had till I found one that worked, it was a Buick key.
but first I would try all your friends keys. there are only so many tooth combo's. I bought a column out of a junkyard that had no key. I dug through a box of keys they had till I found one that worked, it was a Buick key.
Yep, if you need to pull the wheel to get the lockplate off, might as well remove the lock cylinder (one screw) and do it that way, or just replace it if there are no spare keys.
Hotwiring these is easy, but if the steering wheel lock is in place, you have to take the steering wheel off anyways to steer, might as well do it the easy way.
Once the lock cylinder is removed, I wonder if you can simply push the rod on the column to the ignition switch down to start/run?
Hotwiring these is easy, but if the steering wheel lock is in place, you have to take the steering wheel off anyways to steer, might as well do it the easy way.
Once the lock cylinder is removed, I wonder if you can simply push the rod on the column to the ignition switch down to start/run?
pauly383
Daddy383
Yup , answered that already . Its like a rack from a rack and pinion , with the lock cylinder removed on a 70's column , there are some teeth that the cyclinder moved you grab with a screwdriver tip and manipulate
I lost the keys to my 76 LagunaS3 once and never found them . Drove that thing for like two months that way ( too ugly to steal , wasn't an AZ car ) .
No, I mean actually just push the rod that runs alongside the column down to the ignition switch. I *think* we are on a bit of a different train of thought here. 
The ignition rod is tucked up against the column, but it's out in the open if you look at it under the dash, very easy to get hold of with no tools I believe. Just not sure if the mechanism up top will let it move easily enough to be manipulated with your fingers, and how much spring pressure there is in the ignition switch.
The ignition rod is tucked up against the column, but it's out in the open if you look at it under the dash, very easy to get hold of with no tools I believe. Just not sure if the mechanism up top will let it move easily enough to be manipulated with your fingers, and how much spring pressure there is in the ignition switch.
pauly383
Daddy383
You would need to pop it off , or remove the cylinder . The thingy it attaches to is geared to the cylinder ( like a rack and pinion ) . I don't think the rod moves if the cylinders locked .
The spring pressure is enough for a hand , or needle nose pliers in a hand to overcome .
The spring pressure is enough for a hand , or needle nose pliers in a hand to overcome .
No, I knew you'd have to get the lock cylinder out of the way, but that only takes a phillips screwdriver, nothing else if the rod moves easy enough. That I guess would be the only advantage if you were stuck somewhere, could get the steering wheel off, and had only a phillips screwdriver.
Clod_King
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What year range is this for?? I want another truck...
Quick hijack, does this same method work on an 89?? (I wouldn't think so, but I might aswell ask).
Quick hijack, does this same method work on an 89?? (I wouldn't think so, but I might aswell ask).
MrArmyAnt
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I am actualy selling my k5, dirt cheap, last buyer backed out and haven't been able to find keys since, so i took 700 off price to get it gone to pay tuition. Guy said no keys at this stupid low price is fine as long as he can here it run.
