Disco 2 Sticking ign barrel

andy85 · Oct 24, 2016

The last couple of days my td5 discos ign has taken a couple of attempts the turn the key.The steering lock was off when this happened.
Anybody any experience of this happening before? Any advice or help is always appreciated.

neilly · Oct 24, 2016

Hi,
It is a common occurrence on the ignition barrel.
Unfortunately , the chances are it is only going to get worse.

There is a great write up on how to remove the ignition barrel and check the brass gates the the key works on. May be on here or search theinterweb.

Basically it is either, remove some gates, change the barrel, or you can clean the barrel up and hope it does not happen again.

Not a difficult job to do.

Cheers

neilly · Oct 24, 2016

In fact, as I am in a cheerful mood......

Here you go.....

http://landroverforums.com/forum/discovery-ii-18/ignition-lock-fix-35422/

andy85 · Oct 24, 2016

What a gent,thank you very much!

brian47 · Oct 24, 2016

If you go down the route of replacing the barrel lock assembly complete, then you're going to end up with two sets of keys, one set with the fob on it which will now only open the door and another set which will fit the new barrel lock, but without the fob it'll turn but not start the vehicle.
You're going to have to changeover the fob onto the new keyblade, it can be done but it's just a bit of a fiddle.
Remember you're going to have to keep the ones that open the door so that you can apply the EKA should the need ever arise.
You can always purchase a replacement barrel lock AND a matching door lock as a set.

discool · Oct 24, 2016

When ever I've found my ignition switch difficult to turn, I've found a quick puff of dry graphite lube in the barrel or just on the key works for the next couple of years, sticky lock barrels must be a Land Rover thing.

So give it a try perhaps.

andy85 · Oct 24, 2016

Thanks for all the replies,as iv not got much time il give it a spray of dry chain lube what I use for my bike.Hopefully that will last a bit longer before I have to strip it down.

Dippypud · Oct 24, 2016

andy85 said:
Thanks for all the replies,as iv not got much time il give it a spray of dry chain lube what I use for my bike.Hopefully that will last a bit longer before I have to strip it down.

Crush up some pencil lead and shove that in there, does the same job, just don't get any wood in there ...

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