Alright so I'm have way through replacing my ignition switch and everything has went smoothly, well now I am stuck because I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the small white box (I'm assuming the thing that recognizes the key is in the ignition) off of the top of the lock cylinder. There is no angle to get to the 2 screws and I tried removing the gauge bezel and stuff hoping there would be room there and there wasn't. I would really appreciate and help. Thanks.

 

can you insert the key and rotate back and forth it while pulling up on the box........??

 

give us the full description of your vehicle, i may have a different way......

you didn't mention what you have............

 

Oh yea my bad...it's a 93 Toyota Camry and the lock cylinder is already pulled out...the small box is on top of the housing for the cylinder held in place by 2 bolts it's what senses when the key is in the ignition.

 

ok, so are you trying to remove that box permanently or replace it with another??

 

does it look like any one oof these........??

and i will be back if i can find more pics........

http://www.partsgeek.com/mmparts/ign...ota/camry.html

 

if your ignition switch and keys look like any of these, then you do not have any "key sensor" for that year car............just re-assemble the car and drive away.

 

Yes that's what it is but...it's the small white piece in the bottom right of the first picture, this piece actually detects when the key is slid into the ignition...the thing that triggers the buzzers in the car it's just a piece that has a small pin that when they key slides in it pushes the pin up into the sensor and that closes the circuit to let the car know they key is in the ignition. It's the small white box with the bolt holes in those pictures. It's connected directly to the ignition switch so I need to undo it from the lock cylinder housing but I can't find a way to get to it.