jake29

I guess we are almost neighbors. I've been on vacation there twice. Very nice there.Will try POCI again, Thanks again for all your help! jake29

Have been trying to get on POCI sight for weeks,now. They don't seem to be able to recognize my password which is supposedly my member number. This Pontiac has vertical hood louvers & wood spoke wheels. I have two copies of the instructions for care and operation, eighth edition, Effective Car Number 410,101-P. If you want to look at one I will gladly send one to you if you want to send an address. I'm at e-mail: jakesho@comcast.net. Thanks again for all your help, Tinindian, I'm truly grateful! Jake29

Thanks for the help Tinindian, I do appreciate it. I'm quoting from page five of the original owners manual that came with my '29 Pontiac. " Unlocking and Locking the Car" The Pontiac Six is equipped with the Delco-Remy Dual lock or combined ignition and transmission lock, which will prevent theft in the great majority of instances, providing the car is actually locked. It is suprising to note from reports of insurance companies how many automobiles equiped with locks are stolen due to carelessness on the part of the owner in leaving them unlocked. The surest way to prevent this regrettable experience is to lock the car before you leave the seat To Operate Lock: 1. Insert key 2. Turn key one full turn clockwise to on position. This unlocks transmission and turns on ignition. 3.To stop engine turn key 1/4 turn counter-clockwise to off position. 4. To lock transmission and to remove key, turn key one full turn counter-clockwise to lock position. The second owner bought this car with about 17,000 miles on it and I'm the third owner. It really looks like original equipment to me. The other end of the lock is an integral part of the ignition switch as far as I can tell. Judging from how hard it was from the day I bought it to turn the ignition switch, it's always been a bear. I can easily imagine that these locks would have been yanked fairly soon in the cars lives. Or possibly this is an early part of the big six run and the lock was dropped right away. It is serial number P646566 and is titled as a 1929, but I read where you said many had no official year attached to them until later. The funny thing about this "lock" is that both ends are crimped to the tranny and ignition, no threaded parts that I can see. Wouldn't that be unusual for any 1929 car? Also I have looked fairly hard for a method to lubricate it and haven't found anything yet, although I haven't broken down and remove the rest of the floorboard, just the very bottom piece. Thanks again for the help,Tinindian, I guess pulling the top off the tranny is going to be the only way to get at this thing! Jake29

My 29 has a cable running from the ignition switch to the transmission. It is meant to be an antitheft devise. You are supposed to be able to hotwire the car but unable to put it in gear. The key requires one full turn in order to de-acdtivate this lockout devise. The ignition switch has been very stiff from the day I bought it, about seven years ago. Recently it refused to turn more than one quarter turn. I have been dosing it with penetrating oil to no avail. Both ends of this cable appear to be crimped on with no provisions for removing it for a proper lube or replacement. Is removing the top cover of the transmission the best way to get at this cable, or is there some easier way to get it to co-operate? Tin Indian are you out there? Thanks for any and all help jake29

I've been the proud owner of a 1929 Pontiac coupe for the last seven years. It's got 47,000 origonal miles and except for maintanence been trouble free. I left it for a couple years and when I came back to it the ignition switch wouldn't turn more than a quarter turn. I hot wired it and it fired right up, but it wouldn't go into gear. Is there a way to bypass thie tranny lock or to lube the shaft so the switch will work normally? I see no threaded connections at either end of the cable. Any ideas would be greatfully accepted. Thanks Jake29