Is A Early 97 Ignition Key Cylinder Different Than Later 97?

I've got an early 97 with half doors. I ordered a complete kit from Wolf Security and it fit perfectly!

https://www.wolfsecurityhardware.com/
-Mac

According to my list of quirks of the 97 model (see my signature) the answer is yes, they are different for 97s and 98s.

Let us know what you learn and I'll update that thread.

There's a button on the steering column that normally releases the key. I'm not sure how it connects to that cylinder but I see what appears to be a button in the first photo in your second post. Did you try pushing it to see if it releases the key?

Probably not super helpful after all of this time, but I can confirm some of the 97 ignition lock cylinders are in fact different from at the very least the 98s and potentially later 97s. I bought a steering column off of Ebay to replace mine (clock spring replacement went comically wrong) and it was supposed to have been from another 97, but who knows maybe the seller lied. Anyways, the steering column fit but the ignition switch was slightly different. My original had a plastic guard around where the key inserted, the 'new' one was just a standard looking silver circle dish that the key went into. They look almost identical besides that but are not compatible in the other's steering column. Discovered this after trying to put the old one into the new column so I could have the same key for everything still. Just to humor myself I tried the new cylinder in the old column and that also didn't work, but both fit into their originals without issue. If you're having a hard time getting a new cylinder back in it most likely just won't snap into place.

After our second major fluid spill I ran around town and @notnsuv and I put together and handed out spill kits at dinner. Got a few more coming for the missing Prichett Canyon folks.

Highly recommend a dry bag for storage...and a small shovel in case you need to use the oil dry.

https://www.amazon.com/MARCHWAY-Flo...ing-Swimming/dp/B07SR1MDJM?tag=wranglerorg-20



-Mac

macleanflood said:

After our second major fluid spill I ran around town and @notnsuv and I put together and handed out spill kits at dinner. Got a few more coming for the missing Prichett Canyon folks.

Highly recommend a dry bag for storage...and a small shovel in case you need to use the oil dry.

https://www.amazon.com/MARCHWAY-Flo...ing-Swimming/dp/B07SR1MDJM?tag=wranglerorg-20

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Just curious……how we went from key issues to oil dry? I’m so confused. Am I in the early stages of dimension?

TJ Jim said:

Just curious……how we went from key issues to oil dry? I’m so confused. Am I in the early stages of dimension?

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Perhaps you’re in an alternate dementia?

Dementia. I couldn’t spell it right no matter how hard I tried.
So now we’ve gone from keys to oil dry to dementia. What a wild trip I’m on