Hi everyone, I have a disco with issues re the steering lock, nothing new, the tumblers stick from wear or gunk and don't drop releasing the lock.
It stranded me at the pumps blocking the petrol station, boy was i popular!!!
I pushed it back (steering lock on) and spent an hour fiddling etc and only lubricant I had was de-icer, eventually it gave and started.
When I got home I liberally injected isopropynol in to clean any gunk etc which made a huge difference, but sometimes it doesn't spring back from starter motor mode.
Soooo, I looked at cost, £30 for new unit... bargain...hold on, automatic £650.....
OK so it is working but has been awkward a few times so changing would be ideal, question is, if I bought one from a non interlock, removed the retaining pin from behind the electrical connector and swapped just the barrels, would the barrel match the fitting???
or can I bypass the interlock in some way, images look identical so can't see, they probably use stock pictures
be great if a simpler cheaper solution was available
It stranded me at the pumps blocking the petrol station, boy was i popular!!!
I pushed it back (steering lock on) and spent an hour fiddling etc and only lubricant I had was de-icer, eventually it gave and started.
When I got home I liberally injected isopropynol in to clean any gunk etc which made a huge difference, but sometimes it doesn't spring back from starter motor mode.
Soooo, I looked at cost, £30 for new unit... bargain...hold on, automatic £650.....
OK so it is working but has been awkward a few times so changing would be ideal, question is, if I bought one from a non interlock, removed the retaining pin from behind the electrical connector and swapped just the barrels, would the barrel match the fitting???
or can I bypass the interlock in some way, images look identical so can't see, they probably use stock pictures
be great if a simpler cheaper solution was available