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Originally Posted by
Dadiodw
Have found with mine if you put the key all way in and put a little pressure to the opposite way as to what part ot the ignition part you want. I.e to turn on at 11 o'clock put pressure on to 5 o'clock.
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Thanks, will give that a try.
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Originally Posted by
Pleiades
Graphite powder is the stuff.
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I'd agree with that, although it isn't easy stuff to find. I like contact cleaner to flush out the old oil and muck (evaporates to nothing) and then graphite powder or, at a pinch, WD-40. The advantage of WD-40 is that it is light, so you can easily wash it out and start again if it starts to get sticky. I've also had good results from a drip (no more) of 3-in-1 oil applied to the key rather than the lock, and worked in. I also have some silicon spray which has worked wonders on some very nasty locks at work, so I might try that. It dries 'dry', as it were, so no danger of the grinding paste thing.
But, as I said above, this isn't a sticky lock full of grease and dirt. It's the mechanism itself. It's just very hard to get the key into the right position to turn it. Once you are there, it's fine. Day off tomorrow, will get experimenting.
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Originally Posted by
mash101
I had a similar problem with my car key, but not with spare. I wire brushed & used emery paper on sharp feeling parts of key. Worked better afterwards.....
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I'll have a look at the key too, thanks.