[Yorkshire GOC]

Originally Posted by squire

Resurrecting this thread once more to add a cautionary note.
Had a job to get my ignition key in the barrel this morning, eventually went in but did not go in easily. So up to the garage and came back armed with Plusgas, brake/carb cleaner and tissue paper, a squirt of Plusgas down the barrel and tried the key, it went in, kept pushing it in and out, cleaning off dirty Plusgas on the key each time. This was followed by several squirts of cleaner until I was happy all was clean.

Result is the key now goes in nice and easily, would try just cleaner next time to clear dust and dirt from the barrel, and don't use any oil/grease as this will attract dirt in my opinion.
As these cars get older any slight difficulty in putting the ignition key in could simply be cured by using brake cleaner.

I think I was very lucky that I remembered the problems Blink had and I caught mine just in time, and as Trikey says, there is no obvious dirt cover on the barrel unlike door locks. I intend to use cleaner on mine on a regular basis now, hope this helps.

Martyn

Do you think electrical contact cleaner would do the job?