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https://oldsite.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl Omega Help >> Omega General Help >> ingition switch/barrel https://oldsite.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1301125024 Message started by bigtow on 26. Mar 2011 at 08:37

Title: ingition switch/barrel
Post by bigtow on 26. Mar 2011 at 08:37

hi all my ing switch/barrel call it what you will is getting very loose ie lots of free play when turning the key is this a sign of things to come as i know the guts of my ing barrel fell out on a senator i once owned

TIA

Title: Re: ingition switch/barrel
Post by TheBoy on 26. Mar 2011 at 20:20

Its probably not a good sign!

Title: Re: ingition switch/barrel
Post by bigtow on 26. Mar 2011 at 21:16

What would be the best course of action just replace the barrel or a new lock set ?

Title: Re: ingition switch/barrel
Post by MutantCav on 26. Mar 2011 at 22:07

You could get a replacement barrel from Vauxhall or a locksmith perhaps...if not then the reality is do you want to mess about with a seperate key for the ignition to the rest...or would you rather just replace all the locks...the choice is yours...

Title: Re: ingition switch/barrel
Post by Nick W on 27. Mar 2011 at 10:15

bigtow wrote on 26. Mar 2011 at 21:16:

What would be the best course of action just replace the barrel or a new lock set ?

If the others work OK, which they probably do woth remote C/L, then just change the ignition barrel.

On a selfish note, please do it soon or I might be meeting you professionally when it stops working altogether!

And on a practical note, you might want to try Medway Security(01634 280555) for a quote on replacing the thing, I find them very helpfull, and reasonably priced too.

Title: Re: ingition switch/barrel
Post by Darth Loo-knee on 27. Mar 2011 at 11:01

Personally I would change the Barrel plus the drivers door lock for known good ones. Stops the chance of not being able to get in your car. :y