Ignition Cylinder removal problems

[cadillac_al]

As I was looking at these pics again I realized it is the clip type like mine. Glad to see somebody already caught that. I used a steak knife and kept poking and stabbing at it. It seemed if I just pushed on it, it was pushing too far or something and no way it would come out. I tried to hook my slide hammer on it but was unsuccessful. Once I calmed down and started poking at it for about 10 minutes I got the lucky combination and it slid out.