I’m happy I found this video. Today I had a Mobile mechanic come out and tell me my car needed a starter motor and a battery. I insisted that it’s the ignition switch. After testing my car he replaced the battery and told me to take it to an auto electrician. It just cost me $600 to replace the battery and his time. What a basturd. Thanks to your video I will fix the ignition switch myself. 😊
@@man.i.literally.failed6772 well I had no choice cause my car was in the carpark under our apartment. There’s no way a tow truck could have got in. But like you, I’ll never ever call another mobile mechanic. Also this afternoon after I got the battery I used my car for the first time since December 31st and a bloody car reversed into me at a T junction. Wreck my side panel. What a bloody bad day I swear
@man.i.literally.failed6772 I had one travel about 40km each way to do a force burn on a craptiva, took him about 5 hours to get it to finally do one, he decided to do the burn 3 times to make up for the times the previous owners didn't let it do a burn, only charged me $50 as he had a flat rate for basic diagnosis with a scan tool. Dude got such a good rep so quickly and was always constantly doing shit for others he now owns 3 workshops, all with good reps. His rates haven't changed either in the last 4 years since it happened to me. It's just a matter of finding the right one.
Mines original and I have the original card with key code. Do the numbers correspond to the tumbler wafers in any way? It would save time. Also is there any way to screw this up so you can't get the barrel apart again or worse can't get it back out of the steering column once installed? I assume as long as it spins before fitting it should be safe. My old lock I got out in one piece but I can't get it to rotate now its out of the car. Otherwise I'd pull it apart and look at the wafer numbers.
So, I'm also just searching through the shed to see what I have on hand to lubricate the new lock barrel tomorrow. Motortech Lithium Grease (spray can). Inox MX3. Dry Powdered Lock Graphite. Vaseline Patrolium Jelly. Wynn's Silicon Spray. I assume the graphite powder is the best option for the tumbler wafers inside? The electrical switch is way down the other end of the protruding shaft and sealed so conductivity should not be an issue. But I'm wondering what's best for the rotating pin and spring at the end?
HI Dr Lock, I recently felt a crack when turning my VX Holden ignition, thereafter the final stage of ignition has lost it's spring back. so the starter circuit remains open if not manually controlled. do you know what i need to fix the spring back? thanks Alex
Hi Everyone! Is anyone able to tell me what that metal triangle tab (placed into the cylinder at 9:10 in the video) actually does? Had a locksmith replace my barrel and realise he left the part out as it was sticking on the new cylinder! Thanks
the NICE brand is shite. The shaft between barrel and switch broke after 6 months. And I was working from home; hardly used the car. Is there no alternative?
One of those shopping mall key places, mr mint or something told me he could recut the key and get the code, do some shops have access to the database for the keys from holden?@@DrLockShop
