Just did mine on a 88 bronco thanks to you! The shoe wanted $275. It cost me about $17 and 3 hours. Awesome tutorial !

What I really liked is getting to the point...I've seen too many where we sit through the life story and other ...stuff... before getting to what I needed. Great job!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I really can’t say it enough. I’m trying to restore my Dad’s 91 Bronco 5.0. I dragged my feet starting this project and was greatful for each step you provided. I’m back to the crank no start…but at least it’s cranking with the new actuator. Checking the fuel pressure tomorrow. Hoping a new pressure regulator resolves it and it’s not the fuel pump. I’ve dropped fuel tanks to get to the fuel pump before. Not looking forward to it. Patience and progress.

I went through hell trying to figure out my 86 f150 no start issue and boom your vid pops up and saved me 250 . You sir are a wizard

Thank you for video Austin. I've got all my parts laying in a bowl and on the seat. Took this apart a week ago and now I needed to see which screws go in which holes. Thank you so much for taking your time with this . I feel confident enough to attempt the reassembly knowing I can watch your video and go step by step. You Rock.

Austin YOU helped a seasoned tech tackle his ride, you were spot on and your detail was on point!!!

This was perfect, thank you. The only thing that I ran into that was a speed bump was my ignition gears (inside the housing below the ignition lock cylinder) moved when I was taking it out and it took me a minute to figure out why my ignition switch rod rack was not being accepted into the housing. I finally figured out I had to use reinstall the ignition lock cylinder and turn the key so the gears would accept the rack.

The Ford Engineers that came up with this should be banned from ever engineering again. Pure Insanity! Thanks for the video...

Hey man, was getting ready to move and my actuator broke in this 14 degree cold last night.. watched your video last night got the part and had it fixed in about an hour this morning. Thanks for taking the time to film it. Was extremely helpful

Thank you! I watched and rewatched this video several times while working on tearing down and reassembling the ignition actuator on my 1990 F150. I appreciated your wiggle technique because I did not want to have to remove that section and deal with putting the tilt spring back on. Couldn't have done it without your help!

😅 thank you. I followed some other video taking it apart went to put it all back and nothing was sitting right. This gave me opportunity to see exactly how to do it

I just finished this job and I took a shortcut and cut off about 3/4" off the end of the push rod. It went in fairly easily without removing the steering shaft snap ring or punching out side pins. The only thing you loose is that you don't have to push the key release trigger every time you pull the key. To me that's a gain not a loss.

thank God there's people like you Dude I took that spring out because I had to because of how far I disassembled everything and to get it back in I used three small snap ties put the spring in the vise compress the spring but make it so the snap ties can still slide to get them adjusted pull the snap ties tight took the thing out put the spring in where it's supposed to go and then cut the snap ties

Nice work. And I gotta say, video taping the task you are trying to complete is very smart. Less time cursing at yourself for ending up with spare parts when you finally button up a job that’s had you working on it in your spare time(not your video, just a general thought). If you follow step by step instructions it’s one thing but when you are diving in with just a parts schematic… that’s where even taking pics of a fastener location before you remove it can make for easy recall. Thanks for the walk through. Have a good one.

Wow, this video is a needle in a haystack. Most videos focus on the key cylinder and you are the first to dive into replacing the actuator between the key cylinder and the ignition switch. Thanks for posting. I am hoping I can fix this issue on a 93 buick regal.

Wow, thanks so much for this! I just finished mine and this video took all the guess work out of the project. The only difference is I had to remove the ignition lock to get my housing off. I also connected the actuator to the assembly before putting the housing back and it slide right on. Awesome video!

Thanks for the video and the link to find the part. I was having a hard time locating the part until I clicked on your link. Thank you again.

We just did ours, it wasn't as hard as it looks. You don't need to back off the snap ring more than 1/2 an inch or so.You definitely want to pop out the side pins. We used a screw and vice grips to pull them. If you put the actuator through on the left side ABOVE the hole (in the gap) it goes into, and then once clear pull it back and put it into the hole. You'll have a lot more room to work. Don't cut the piece like so many people have suggested. Just put it in from the left side. :)

Now I know what my mechanic is going to have to do to fix my issue. Should be fun 🤪🥵😆

Great video young man. Very detailed and calm

lol, my 88 Bronco has broken down every winter right before an upcoming snow. This issue is this years.. I've done this operation before on a 1990 F250.. it is no fun, for sure.. hopefully I have time this week before the big snow they forecast next weekend.. if so I'll finally have my Bronco when I need it one winter..

I didn’t read all the comments but I just used a small easy out in that machine thread, and those pins came out actually by hand. Talk someone might like that tip. And that was A very good video on that subject. Thank you.

Best video I have seen for this. The pins were not mentioned in some videos. Very detailed!

I uesed a 9/16 nut a screw and a 3/8 fender washer to remove the pins on side so actuator would fit Put nut against column, insert screw through washer the tighten screw ant pins pull out like removing steering wheel

Gonna do this tomorrow on my Gramps 89 f150 pray that the actuator is the only issue lol thank you brother!

Very helpful video, thanks man !! That helps me to replace my actuator & signal switch

Thank you very much for your video, it helped me a lot to fix my 1990 ford f-150 truck

Thank you for showing the release of the column lock to get the aluminum actuator rod out. My actuator assemble broke in 3 places and that shaft was broke flush at the column.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for taking the time to make the video. It’s a huge help.

Thanks for the video. Some things was a huge pain in the a$$. But gut it working and only had a few screw left over lol thanks again

Good video. Very helpful. Thank you young man.

On the part at 11:00 I used my hub caps screws for my 4wd hub and a socket with washers to pull the pins out instead of using a punch

Awesome the help you can get from the web site and you guys showing and explaining has helped me to get the new acculator done thanks Mr Gonzales

What do you do if the actuator pin is actually broke off flush with the column

Thank you muchly... You worked me through this perfectly. Certainly made sense to install a non modified part to replace an already weak component. If you lived next door I'd give you one of my extra hammers to use instead of the adjustable pliers!!! I appreciate your "actuators for dummies" video... you saved me $$$ THANK YOU...

Damnit my turn now XD it was cold outside and it broke when i wanted to start, luckily it happened at home.

Thanks for making this video, it was very helpful and you saved me lots of head scratching!

Great video! I have 1988 F150 automatic & tilt. I considered doing the so-called "very easy" replacement of the actuator with a new, modified (end cut off) actuator, but via testing (probably with the broken actuator) I determined that the would-be cut off piece actually provides a valuable safety interlock in the case of my automatic. With the interlock feature (unmodified actuator) and with the ignition cylinder in "lock", the gearshift cannot be accidentally bumped out of "park" to accidentally send my truck rolling down a hill I may have parked on. ==P> I was worried about being able to punch out the inside-threaded tilt pins. It turns out that the pins are snug but not tight. I was able to fashion a "punch" from a wire handle from a bucket. I hammered out the curve in the wire and the straightened wire made a nice punch. ==P> I tried to put the housing (that the turn-signal lever sticks through) back on and could not figure out why it was getting hung up. It turns out that the shift lever needs to be in "park" when the actuator is put in place. So after guessing that this is what was needed, I had to dismantle everything back to the point of inserting the actuator in place. In the process, my straight wire punch could not reach the backside of one of the tilt pins. So I made another punch from another section of the same wire handle, but this time I left a sharp bend (originally for fastening to a bucket) in the wire and that sharp bend provided the right "jog" (or "zig" or "zag") in the punch. I'm pleased with the results. ==P> I'm not sure I got the snap ring properly seated on the steering shaft. The snap ring seems to be "warped", and I'm not sure whether it is supposed to be that way. I could seat the gap area of the snap ring, but if I press on the opposite side of the snap ring, the gapped side of the snap ring would start to pop out of the grove. I could not figure out how to make the snap ring seat all the way around, and I don't know if it is supposed to do that. ==P> I also replaced the ignition switch because the old one was hard to run through the switch positions with the actuator rod after both were removed. But that did not solve the problem of not being able to crank the starter with the key. When I first bought the truck, cranking the starter with the key could be done, but it required a very hard twist of the ignition cylinder to do that. Someone installed a separate "momentary-type" push-button starter switch before I bought the truck, and I've been using that starter button just fine. So I'm guessing that the inability to crank the starter with the key is probably due to a problem with the rack and pinion assembly behind the key cylinder (i.e., between the cylinder and the steering column), virtually at the beginning of the actuator train from key to ignition switch.

Getting ready to do a 92 f150 without tilt, hoping it's easy

There's a tool I found at OReillys to remove those tilt pivot pins.

Very helpful, $ , thank you, why do some people even bother to unlike , something for free, !!?

Me and my brother have a 1985 Ford F150 Lariat xlt and we were able to get the acctuator out but can't get the new one back in, it seems to stop 1/4 of the way through. Any tips on what the reason could be?

I cut off the knob thing on the end of the long shaft and just stuck it in. It just keeps the shifter from moving without the key being turned, so it's not too a big deal to me.

You could still jump starter solenoid with screw driver in this situation correct? Having no crank and key feels weird and can jump solenoid in mine and I know the solenoid is good also

Thank you. This helped a lot

Good video, thanks for not adding music👍🏼I like to be instructed not entertain

Instead of using a bolt unscrew the small piece of plastic between ur wheel and dash, should be on top the column, and use that flat ended screw to get the two bolts out

Finally a good video

anyone know of video of doing proper alignment of the gear sliding assembly in the key cylinder that actuates the rod? if they get out of whack, things don't work as intended. I assume you'd have to have the whole shebang apart to place the ignition actuator to the run position so when you put the key cylinder in the hole to have the gears mesh at the proper position...is that correct?

Hi just watched your video great job thank you, can you tell me how you wired your starter button.

Great video couldn’t of done it with out it! THANKS!

Would this cause the key being stuck in the ignition?

Thanks for the good thorough video.

GREAT video,, VERY helpful.... Thanx

Thanks for a great video. Changing mine tomorrow. Why he push button to start. My Bronco was that way when I bought it. I don't know why it was done. My friend that Nbs it's a Upgrade to match new cars. Lol.

That reminds me of my 91 F150 I used to have. I have a video of it on my KZfaq channel. Several years ago when Automotive Dealerships were doing the Cash for Clunkers promotions even TV Hosts were jumping on the band wagon and Rachel Ray was doing a contest of send us a video of your junker car to be entered to win a brand new car. Well I obviously didn't win so I uploaded the video to KZfaq.

On mine, I got in there using your technique and it is intact (the actuator) but my key lock is gummed up good, I have a new key lock, but wasn’t sure how to remove it. But my key turns and there is no spring back action in the key, and when battery was hooked up, it would only fire up when I held the key in a certain position. Any help would be great. This is in a 1991 F53 chassis (RV Winnabago)

Thanks! Great video!

Thank you for the video.

Hey how would you remove the little pin above the actuator that holds the the lever for the actuator

My key got stuck in the ignition switch and it won’t turn While replacing actuator

I have a 91 f150 . It started with the ignition key switch would work off and on and then it stopped. When I turn the ignition switch it does nothing nor does it give resistance back after turning it. Does this sound like the same thing . I replaced key switch and the ignition switch on the lower column. And advice would be greatly appreciated..

Thank you so much!

Thanks this did actually help me a bunch

Thanks so much for the video, it got me through this repair! Many Many Thanks

10:30 use M4-0.7 x 16 mm Class 8.8 Zinc Plated Hex Bolt (3-Pack) to screw into the pins 7

I wish you really would have recorded the actual black piece that you was talking about putting that in because now that's what I'm confused about

Hi Austin, Can you tell me where you got your push button ignition? Was that hard to install? Thank you.

how did you wire up the push to start button?

Oh yeah, thanks for the video

Do these actuator are adjustable?

Man great video thumbs up 👍🏼

Good looking out. Really helped me put

Great video

Cut the end off the accuator. DONE ! IVE DONE IT.

How did you get the snap ring back in? I have an "83 350 and the snap ring is wavy. Thanks for the video and any help you may be able to provide.

I got everything back together and now my ignition cylander in stuck in run. I can't move it out, did anyone else had that problem

great job!!!!!

i also cut down the metal piece. i also grind some aluminum off the inside part where it would touch the steering shaft. when i would put it in the lowest position it would rub and stick bad. i assume that is why these go bad. greased the hell out of it. my truck didnt have the key release. there was a piece inside that hole still that would hang up on that aluminum part. i didnt like that at all. so cutting this part down seems the way to go. i wasted a lot of time before i figured this out. depending on your cast part. cut it right before it gets larger. make sure to leave enough so when your in the most forward position that metal piece is still in. once you have it all apart this will make more sense.

So when I did this I had a smaller spring fall out of the area and I've got no idea where it goes. Does anybody here know where it goes? I can't really find anything about it yet

Awesome job thank you

How long did this take you ?

Thanks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️awesome video bro..✌️

The only improvement I can make to your procedure is to not try to use a punch to get the pins out of the last piece from the inside. Those pins are threaded on the outside for a reason. Screw in an appropriately sized screw and use it to pull/pry/screw the pins out. I used a slide hammer, they came right out without a fuss.

Hola ...Someone can helpme please I change this in my 87 f 350 diesel and now l can't get it to start ...

What If you don’t have the key!!!!! I bought a column off a wreck and I can’t swap the ignition for my old one that fits my key because I don’t have the key for the new one 😡

I never saw you return the snap ring that you took out. Did you just throw it away or leave it loose or what? I'm not dumb but some people are and if you don't explain it to them they willleave it loose...lol

hey (people of the internt) how do i get a start button like that

Sweet

Hi thanks for the video, just picked up an 87 ford. The ignition itself is a little tight turning it to the start position. And I have to turn it more then normal to start it. It's kind of awkward to start. Then I have to turn key back once it starts, it don't spring back. Do you this the problem is just the ignition switch or something else. Thanks if you could help

I saw a different video. The guy had the same problem getting it back in. He determined that it was possible to remove a piece of the new part.

Does anyone know if the actuator is springy or does it just go in and not spring back up? Mine has to spring to it, so tomorrow I’ll remove it even though I see no evidence of it being broken on the top half

mine snapped today thanks for the video

Why did you need the push button to start?

I have a no start issue. No lights on dash or anything when I put the key in. Could this be it?

Bro I had to wrestle the hell outta that switch to get it to reset...of course all I can get here are Chinese copies of oem parts. They are off a little.

How do you fix it so you don't have to use a push button to start? Mine is the same way

Hey Austin, did you use the steering wheel puller to put the steering wheel back on?

Good bid o, I just cut the end off and slid right in...

I know this is two years after you posted your video but I'm having problems with my 88 F150 after I took the steering wheel off I took the three screws out I took the set an alarm off steering column housing if that's what it's called but that has the hole where the ignition goes in it did not slip off easy at all in fact it didn't come off there's no other screws there and I'm stuck right now don't know what to do attempted a little bit still didn't come off is there something that I was supposed to do that wasn't mentioned and yes my vehicle has tilt steering