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key is stuck
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vettedog72
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How long has the key been the lock? You may want to use some "liquid Wrench" or that type of lube before you give it up for a new one.
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I have tried liquid wrench, lock ease, wiggling, pushing in and out while wiggling. It has made up it's mind it does not want to cooperate. I assume that some little part in the key cylinder is broken or moved or ????? and is caught behind a ridge on the key. Is the cylinder easily removed?
You are a lucky person!
I had a Datsun 510 when I was a kid, went out to a movie on a date in the middle of the winter (-30 F) when we tried to leave the key wouldn't go back into the ignition! Took almost an hour for the AMA (AAA) to get there to rescue us, tow the car to a garage for a new ignition. Very cold to say the least! It was explained to me that the "Tumbler pins had collapsed inside the ignition lock blocking the key way"
I had a Datsun 510 when I was a kid, went out to a movie on a date in the middle of the winter (-30 F) when we tried to leave the key wouldn't go back into the ignition! Took almost an hour for the AMA (AAA) to get there to rescue us, tow the car to a garage for a new ignition. Very cold to say the least! It was explained to me that the "Tumbler pins had collapsed inside the ignition lock blocking the key way"
