ignition barrel

lato161105

Help does anyone know how to remove an ignition barrel hubby just snapped bloomin key in it an all garages are shut now and cant afford to call one out really stuck now 9 yr old got a footy match in mornin :mad:

Alan_M_2

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lato161105

Sorry car is a k reg rover metro quest dont know much else about dh gone off to cool down not best pleased with himself. Half the key is inside tried all my screwdrivers an the wont go in. Never a car thief about when you want one

Nile

Hello lato161105

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lato161105

Thanks Nile sorry for putting it in wrong place am quite frantic at the min

chrisw

Instead of a screwdriver, put the other half of the key in the barrel and try it. I had a Hyundai that worked for years like that.

lato161105

Thanks hun have tried getting nowhere was hopin 2 make sum kind of progress b4 grumpy cums bak but have tried everything i can think off

2baffled

will eye-brow tweezers wiggle in enough to grip the bit left in the lock?

lato161105

:rotfl: Have tried tweezers it's 2 far in but thanks anyway hun,even tried a magnet to no avail, have took he thing off from round stearrin coloum and managed to get end of barrel off but cant find said pin hun an no gd givin dh a screwdriver he don't know one end from other :rotfl:

lato161105

Gonna save meself some time hitting all the thanks buttons so just want to say a big thank you to everyone for replyin xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

lato161105

Thanks for that hun gonna ave another go 2moz it's dark to see now but major thanks for the links at least i know i took it apart right just got to find the pin thingy now xxxxxxxxxxx