Thanks Don but I beat you to it. I went ahead and disassembled the column and got the lock out. Darn lock worked fine! Let's see if I can get some pictures to link...
There is a gear that rotates when the key is turned and moves a rack in and out. The rack controls the electrical part of the ignition switch.
The rack exits the head of the steering column and goes under the steering column mount.
But apparently over time some sort of tolerance build-up or slop caused the rack to hit the mount. My fix was to put some washers to shim out the mount. I got the column back in the car but the rack seems to still hit the mount. I hope to have some time to work on it tonight.
