About 50 % of the time today when stopping and getting out of the car and removing the key, The message " Ignition Key In" kept being displayed cleared once key replaced and turned a couple of times. What should i check if anything, Could this be a sign of a failure to come ?
Thanks Steve
Steve> About 50 % of the time today when stopping and getting out Steve> of the car and removing the key, The message " Ignition Key Steve> In" kept being displayed cleared once key replaced and Steve> turned a couple of times. What should i check if anything, Steve> Could this be a sign of a failure to come ?
Mine does this from time to time. It seems that the key barrell gets stuck in place and doesn't release cleanly. I presume it could be lubricated with an appropriate lubricant (I don't know what you're supposed to use on locks, but it's ain't EP90).
Andy
On or around Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:44:46 +0000, AndyC the WB enlightened us thusly:
spray grease or some sort of teflon-incorporating lube spray is my favourite. I quite like one called GT85.
I'm sure if asked nicely Martyn may lend you a pencil.
;0)
Graphite...but don't do it if your wearing white trousers that week.
Lee D
Indeed. My moto is NEVER use anything oily in a lock - the oil will trap dust and gunge the lock up very badly in the longer term. I was once instructed that in order to be allowed access to a certain key, I must agree - on pain of being beaten up, to draw a pencil line down both sides of the key before use.
You can also get graphite powder in a little bottle which will last for years and years and years.
On or around Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:54:22 +0000, Mother enlightened us thusly:
true I guess. However, when the lock is already gunged up, you don't have much chance of getting the graphite where you want it. The squiryt-PTFE type stuff mentioned (I've remembered what it's brother's called: TF2) has a volatile transport medium that I assume evaporates fairly fast, leaving the PTFE behind.
The answer for old gunged locks is to either remove the barrel and clean with isopropol alcohol - or get a syringe and squirt same into a lock until the crud comes out. Moving the lock mechanism will immediately seem far, far worse as you'll have removed all of the lube. However, you them apply graphite and send me an email thanking me for saving your lock ;-)
Some firms are so protective of the executive crapper aren't they?
Graphite in a puffer.
However, I recently had to go to a locksmith in the town where I own a rental house (about 600km from where I live) and he recommended a PTFE spray to lube the house locks. He didn't sell graphite (I have the graphite at my home).
Ron Beckett Emu Plains, Australia
1995 P38A Range Rover HSE 4.6 Litre V8go easy with the graphite though. Very easy to puff in too much & fill up the barrel. A tiny amount is all that's required
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