Column gearshift linkage won't clear extractors - do I need it?

[OzCuda]

Column gearshift assembly won't go back in to the car as the TTI extractors now ovccupy the same space (swap from a 318/904 to a 383/727) and also missing a mounting position for the trans side bracket anyway.  Do I need to install this anyway?  What problems or fixes needed if I don't use the column lockout?  I think I read that it was a 70-only thing anyway??

[Chryco Psycho]

it is not nessisarly needed, the column will rotate trapping the key , you just have rotate the lower column to remove the key

[OzCuda]

Thanks Chryco - yep, haven't been able to get the key out for a while now 

[hemiken]

  the key is stuck and in the car............. let me see.......... two day drive from Brisbane.......... car is in the driveway.................. needs interior which i have spare of................ How about i help you out and come and get it Mark.  You have to pay for my fuel down and i'll pay for fuel on the way back.

[Moparal]

That's mean and it isn't even April fools yet

[OzCuda]

Ken, By the time you've got it running, I should be home.  Happy to then buy you a beer and send you back to Brissy.  Mopar guys are so helpful!

[hemiken]

Anything to help out Mark, I would nearly bend over backwards just to help you out.  But if a snake bits you on the butt, don't ask me to suck the poison out.