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Mon, Aug 25, 08 at 20:53
| We bought a 92 Escort that had been sitting for 2 years.
The car had 200,000 miles on it when it was parked, but the engine only had 35,000 miles on it. It runs and drives great. When we put the key in the ignition switch and try to turn it,
Is there anything we can do about this? (such as graphite) Thanks. Pooh Bear |
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| You can use WD40 to lossen up your locks, providing the linkage is not seized up. Then MAKE SURE you add a light oil after. WD40 is a drying agent and will make things worse later on if you don't lub it. Graphite makes a hell of a mess. You don't see graphite on new cars. |
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- Posted by poohbear2767 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 08 at 20:17
| I thought graphite was recommended instead of oil because oil collects dirt that can wear on the mechanisms. Pooh Bear |
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| 10-4 on the powdered graphite vs oil. I'd squirt spray silicon in the holes and on the keys and carefully loosen em up. Then after 2-3 5-6 days puff in the graphite. There's 2 kinds of silicon spray: one has acetone the other doesn't. For this job get the kind with acetone. |
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| Did you try a different key? |
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- Posted by poohbear2767 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 31, 08 at 22:13
| I only have one key. We had copies of it made. The copies had to have a lot of 'tweaking' done. Guy at the hardware store said I have a copy of the original key and the copies he made were copies of my copied key. I think I'll change the ignition switch. Thanks. Pooh Bear |
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