I have had great success with a product called TriFlo. It is a mixture of teflon particles and a liquid carrier agent in a spray can, the liquid evaporates leaving the tiny teflon particles behind to lubricate. The advantage is, it leaves nothing to collect or attract dirt and dust.
The liquid part also carries away the debris sort like brake cleaner, with good success. Since the lock or small part is left coated with teflon, it doesn't freeze or clog [well in a perfect world, of course]. I was first introduced to it over 20 yrs ago racing dirt bikes. It worked well under those harsh conditions and I've used it since for all kinds of things. On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Hendrik and Fay <heni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tried the other locks? > Do you have another key? > As said, it's possible that someone fitted another ignition lock to your > car. > Also as said, spraying liquid in there will turn the crud into crud mud > and may well make things worse. > The problem is the crud has to come out somehow and the only sure fire > method is disassembly if possible. > > Hendrik > who should test his locks > > On 26/03/14 05:53, Van Knutson wrote: > >> Just for shats & giggles, I, for the first time since buying the car 4 >> yrs ago, put the spade key in the door instead of using electronic ingress >> as usual. It fit but gave no inkling of turning / unlocking the car. >> >> I confess testing the physical key in the door didn't occur to me @ time >> of sale. Is it possible that, the tumbler had filled with crud after not >> being penetrated in god knows how long (it was 10 yrs old when I bought it >> in 2009 and may never have been tested for all I know), or that the key / >> tumbler combo was a mismatch from the getgo? I don't want to go around >> wantonly spraying WD40 everywhere and really mess things up. >> >> I am nervous in that I am one dead wristwatch battery away from being >> permanently locked out of my car. >> >> 99 E 320 >> >> DBV, information minister. >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
