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 Posted: 11-24-2019 01:37 am
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 Okay, fellow "Jensenites"; J.D. Damon (J.D.s British Cars, Nashville) was kind enough to send me an MGB ignition lock for testing, and the results are not promising.
Although the lock is EXACTLY the same diameter as ours, the large hole for the attachment is at 90 degrees to the shaft column, whereas our J-H's is at 18 degrees off!(and therefore will not fit for the ignition key, unless you were to totally remove or modify the "surround").
I was hoping that the electric portion could work, but again it has a different "input" from the keyed shaft and the attachment won't work(unless major modification is performed).
I did note that our ignition lock DOES have a threaded hole underneath for a "different" type of electric attachment(maybe Austin Marina??), so our lock is not unique to our car.(maybe someone could contact the U.K. JOC for help?)
Sorry to be the bearing of "bad tidings" but we still have some good electric switches to part out.
bruce