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Not throwing a like until you say what the wine was.
Nup - just a NZ Sav BlancHope it was as good as this one was.
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Good suggestion but I'm personally not a fan of spray on diluted grease. Good to displace water, which was its marketing position years ago when I was even younger that I am now. It can be a short term fix and often just cleans away metal grit. Then it attracts dirt and smutz (a @Fu Manchu term, I believe) which can makes thing worse, unless the item is sold or a proper fix is carried out.I would like to add just one final note to this thread because of my experience with my VX Commodore.
The two keys both worked fine in the ignition but wouldn't turn at all in the door lock barrel which hadn't been used for years.
I tried cleaning any gunk off the keys with a wire brush which was suggest earlier in this thread but with no luck.
My next obvious idea was to spray a bit of CRC or WD40 on the key and in the door lock barrel and yes, this worked magic, problem solved,
I suggest to try this approach before you decide to disassemble and remove the car door handle.
A locksmith has told me that specific greases gets applied to specific places within the lock during assembly and never simply squirted down the key barrel… So the best approach according to him was thus removal, disasembly and reassembly with the correct lubrication applied at that time.Yes. A locksmith I worked with (had won a few industry awards) told me to always use silicone lube in locks. They don’t attract as much schmutz that way and the pins and barrel don’t wear out prematurely.