Gianni, a year or so ago I took the steering column out of my Jalpa, as Ohlgren said you need to lie down on your back to look in the bottom of the steering column need a torch also, I managed to get it all out with out using any special tools I vaguely remeber using a 13mm open end spanner I think you need two one to hold the head of the bolt and one to hold the nut. I think there was a access hole half way up the under side of the column you can see the joint that holds the sterring wheel on. It is very tight for space to get the two spanners in there and undo the nut at the same time. I vaguely remember that I had to use a pair of needle nose locking pliers to hold the bolt as I undid the nut. I sticks in my mind that I had similar issues as you with not being able to pull the ignition out all the way. From memory I unplugged the wiring harness, I folled it back to a large plug and undid that, and removed the whole steering column. I then worked on it on the bench, to sort it out, unfortunately I can't remember what the issue was, I will tkae some photos when I get home to try and explain what I have described here, best of luck.
Got home and have taken some photos. In the first picture you can see the bolt that needs to be undone to get the steering column to out (Orange arrow) the bolt needs to be fully removed and it is keyed into the shaft. There are also 4 bolts that hold the sterring column to the monting bracket, the approximate positioning is indicated by the red circles, the two panels need to be removed to get access to these, the right panel is reasonably easy to get out, you need to undo the trip meter reset cabe and if you pull the brake switch out you can unplug the wires, from memory that side then just pulls out it seemd to be jammed in between the dash panel and other fitting but no other screws or bolts. the left side is a little more difficult as it has the wiper arm on it, air cond and fan switches, I can't quiet remeber how I got if off I remember it being difficult though but I did eventually get there, I think it also exposes the wiring that leads into the steering column.
The second picture shows a photo when lying in the drivers foot well and taking a photo back up the steering column, you can see the ignition switch and also where the wires could possibly be getting stuck.
Mike
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