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14th January 2021, 20:02 | #41 |
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21st February 2021, 13:08 | #42 |
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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 |
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21st February 2021, 14:10 | #44 |
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Quite possibly, I only had brake cleaner and I can only say it seems to have worked for me, only time will tell. I see no reason it should work, it's a cleaner and it evaporates off quickly, worth a try If you've got similar problems.
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21st February 2021, 17:53 | #45 |
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ACF 50 keeps corrosion at bay. I do mine at the start of every winter. Also use it in the push fit connectors. Great stuff.
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22nd February 2021, 15:19 | #46 |
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Funnily enough my ZTT is doing the exact same thing. The car has stood for the best part of 2 years. I think the white plunger sticks in the withdrawn position and thus won't lock the steering wheel.
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23rd February 2021, 06:00 | #47 | |
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This product is magic we came across it about fifty years ago when we were maintaining the lockers in a wet and dry sports center that had 450 cabba 8 locks in the dry side and 350 cabba locks in the dry side shortly after we took over the maintenance there had been a spate of thefts on the wet side, somebody had gained access to the lockers by magic no tooling marks it looked like they had been opened by a key. we did catch the person responsible we don't know how but he had got hold of a suite master key and had just been opening customers lockers removing their cash and car keys then either that night or a few days later the customers car would be lifted from their drive along with TVs and other high end stuff from inside their house. To be sure the thefts we replaced every lock in the wet side the barrels had been upgraded to 20 operating pins from the 8 pins of the older locks. due to the number of moving parts in such a small area within the barrel of the lock they became sticky very quickly and we had to find a way to lubricate the barrels whilst we had a case of cabba lock cleaner on order some kind minded member of staff took it upon himself to spray all the locks with WD40 causing an overnight jamming of 85% of locks in the whole center. the engineering team to have to remove every lock in the building and clean them in IPA when the cabba lock cleaner arrived every lock in the whole building was treated to a pump of cleaner every 3 months this cured the problems of sticky locks and got the bad man who had been lifting the money and the cars got an 8 year jail sentience. Not nearly enough in my opinion for the misery he had caused to so many people. From this episode I took away that cabba lock cleaner was the best product for preventative maintenance of locks. I know the building to this day still carry out this simple spray maintenance today and have little problems with their locks. I still have a wee tin with a dribble of the magic stuff in the bottom of it. I had thought it would see me out but it is beginning to look more and more like I will need to buy a new tin. be warned the stuff is not cheep a wee tin can set you back £20 though it is a good investment. |
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I'm assuming its this one Alan ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KABA-Cyli...wAAOSw3pVZ1PBD
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24th February 2021, 02:22 | #49 | |
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Not sure the country of origin is correct. the ones we got I think were 100 ml and in a little yellow/ Orange tin and when you pushed the button down you pushed air into the can and it squirted out one dose. Old age is bad I was sure it was Caba but you are spot on the company is called Kaba. I will try to find my wee tin in the mess I call a garage. Took delivery of the last of the parts on Saturday for the restoration of the spice tourer, all I need is the weather and health to replace the full braking suspension and steering system plus a few other little bits like the inner wing liners and stuff, also a full set of door cards to get them back from the mixture fitted to all being sandstone cards. I have ordered a can of this spray listed above as it seems a fantastic price I am sure we were paying twice that for half as much. Will post if its the stuff when it arrives and I find my wee can. |
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24th February 2021, 11:42 | #50 | |
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As for my stuck barrel I'm going to remove and thoroughly clean as recommended. Whilst on the subject of cleaner (slight digressing)it suddenly struck me that my fuel has been standing car now for over 14months and must be quite stale, Stale fuel has been known to cause problems especially gumming up, whereas with stale diesel you can and I have experienced it, brown seaweed type contamination of the fuel making it useless. Most additives state they must be used with clean fuel, but one I came across named "Startron" is recommended for stale fuel and guarantees rejuvenation and improves overall quality of old fuel. Comes highly recommended. Mention it in the hope of preventing further problems for members with laid up cars. Small bottle can treat up to 48 gallons of petrol. Regards Derek
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