Thanks so much guys, I got to it this afternoon and bought a steering wheel puller. It was just a loose screw on the stalk. Phew... so now I have the experience if/when I need to change anything in the steering column.
Today my turn signal lever got really loose and stopped working. I’m hoping that the screw in the stalk has backed out and that’s it, but when I get in there to check everything out,
Can you use an 11 wire switch in place of the 8 wire? (Leaving the smaller plug abandoned). I have a spare 11...