Broke down on Thursday in my 1981 CJ8, As I came up to the stop sign at the corner of Pine Road and Rt 233 (Keck's Store) It shut down and refused to restart. I pushed it into Keck's parking lot and fiddled with it, I got it to crank and start but it will not run in the start position. Fiddled with it a little more and found some loose wires but then the (*#&(&%^( ignition key will not unlock the ignition and the steering column wouldn't unlock! I called a friend to pick me up.
Fired up the 1982 and took the tow bar off the 1946, loaded up with tools and returned. I still could not get the steering wheel to unlock but dug a portion of my original key out of the passenger side door (where it broke off 11 years ago or so). Hooked up the tow bar and dragged it to a friends house and left it there to mess with in the light. I spent the rest of the day Friday trying to get a new key made (Chrysler "lost" the key codes and can't cut keys anymore from your VIN, a hardware store can't cut keys from a partial, I ended up at a lock smith who can cut a key from a partial. Anyway I have a good key now. I can unlock the steer column now and get it to crank, it still will not run, I am pretty sure that the starter solenoid is bad and I need a alternator belt. I will try to get it going again once my next unemployment check comes, in the mean time it can sit in the field at a friends place.