So a night of sitting in SeaFoam Deep creep seems to have loosened the
passenger's lock a bit. I brushed it off and tried some Marvel Mystery Oil
"Lubricating Oil" which helped even more. Its at the point where the lock will
rotate 100% of the time when I put in the key. Occasionally it sticks a little
putting the key in so I'm going to soak it some more in the lubricating oil.
I'm considering a bottle of MMO to soak the whole lock in...
I'm thinking I shouldn't leave the MMO in it once its totally free'd though,
maybe clean it with carb cleaner (or brake cleaner) and lubricate with graphite?
The driver's side came out more easily as part of the little rod is broken...
I'll have to weld that back together, or solder, I suppose it could be pot
metal, doesn't look like it though.
The lock cylinder definately is pot metal and it definately is stuck. No
movement at all. Here's a lesson, don't try to beat it out with a hammer and
punch. I've deformed the spot where the pin goes. I'll have to reshape and
solder later on. Its soaking with PB Blaster right now. I'm not sure I think
the DeepCreep is great stuff, I'm going to try freeing this one up with PB
Blaster and see if it works better.
Anyway about 1/3 of the way there.
-Curt
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