ignition barrell

jiloppy · Sep 22, 2008

Hi guys has anyone experienced this. My disco td5 allows the key to go into the barrell but wont allow it to turn i noticed recently that the key was becoming hard to insert but nothing a bit of vaseline didnt fix.

RobD · Sep 22, 2008

Hi foud one on a test drive that did it only would take key one way new barrell?

1dirtylandy · Sep 22, 2008

had a similar prob on my 300tdi till one day the barrel locked solid and i had to break the bugger to get home, sorted it with a new barrel for £34 from my local private landy workshop, seems to be as they wear the springs fail to let the leaf drop into place.

jiloppy · Sep 22, 2008

cheers guys. looking for a new one as we speak.

shadowster · Sep 22, 2008

aye and you dont want to use vasaline as all the ****e sticks to it e.g. dust,bits of key
you should use pencil lead rubbed on a bit of sandpaper,or buy grafite paper from a locksmith shop

1dirtylandy · Sep 22, 2008

and equally don't use wd4o as that breaks down the grease thats inside....

robpenrose · Sep 23, 2008

does that mean you have to have a new key?

C&LTD5 · Sep 23, 2008

I have this with one of our keys but the other is fine, the wear looks similar.
I am getting a new blade cut and going to give that a try.

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