[patrickt]

If you end up replacing the ignition switch, with an identical new one, there are three porcelain insulators between the terminals. The one that would normally be pointed directly down at the 6 o'clock position will likely interfere with the lip of the dashboard and it must be ground down in order to fit. Other than that, an ignition switch change out is about a fifteen minute job. Getting that little bezel off is the hardest part, but if you look at the two slots you can see how you would fashion a little makeshift tool to unscrew it.