Oh hell no, that key didnt just snap in the ignition

fatbob93 · Post by **fatbob93** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:30 am

yep thats right was in work last night on my break, just about to go back in turn the key in the ignition and pulled ut what i thought to be the whole key. but it had snapped off in the ignition barrel. just wondered if anyone had any ideas of how i can sort it out. i`ve got 2 spare keys, but i would rather try and do the work myself cant really afford to replace things. does anyone know how i can strip down the ingnition the get the key out with out to much damage?

Cheers People

Brian

JayTee · Post by **JayTee** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:13 am

pop to a chemist and buy some tweezers use them to pull out whats left
of the key (I did this with mrs T's V40 last week)

good luck mate

pol · Post by **pol** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:09 am

Or how about something like a small screwdriver with a dot of strong glue on it?? Thats the best i can do this morning..

pol

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:39 am

Magnet out the back of a telly???

Joolz · Post by **Joolz** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:03 am

Find some ants and train them to crawl in and retrieve the key!!!

Silly, yeah I know, where you going to get ants this time of year?

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:10 pm

catgroom wrote:Magnet out the back of a telly???

?????

Tellys don't have magnets?!

Ally · Post by **Ally** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:15 pm

Dragon wrote:Tellys don't have magnets?!

They do if they've got internal speakers!

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:24 pm

true

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:51 pm

Aaaaaah-booga!

Lee666 · Post by **Lee666** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:54 pm

fatbob93 wrote:yep thats right was in work last night on my break, just about to go back in turn the key in the ignition and pulled ut what i thought to be the whole key. but it had snapped off in the ignition barrel. just wondered if anyone had any ideas of how i can sort it out. i`ve got 2 spare keys, but i would rather try and do the work myself cant really afford to replace things. does anyone know how i can strip down the ingnition the get the key out with out to much damage?

Cheers People

Brian

Brian If you have a set of 'watchmakers' screwdrivers file the two smallest into points(some sets already have a pointed one). You will need to dig the points in somewhere (either side or top and bottom, where ever you can get to)in the key to get a bite and then try to lever it out slowly, you may only pull it out millimetres at a time and it may take a while but it should work eventually.

VanDerGraaf · Post by **VanDerGraaf** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:36 am

Ally wrote:
Dragon wrote:Tellys don't have magnets?!
They do if they've got internal speakers!

That'll be almost all of them then!

Well Brian, hope you get that bit out- otherwise it's ignition barrel replacement time.

This is on a 480 isn't it?

Let us know how you get on.

bbf · Post by **bbf** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:05 pm

put a supper attack on the top of the part in your hand and put it in the lock again, so both parts glue together. be carefull you don't glue any lock pins, or you'll definatly have a lock change!

MrE · Post by **MrE** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:28 am

Hate to butt in but aren't 400 keys stainless steel which isn't very magnetic anyway??

fatbob93 · Post by **fatbob93** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:49 pm

cheers for the help guys. this is the only time the volvo has pissed me off. i took all your advice but still nothing worked. thank god that a nice chap on ebay has sold me a full lock set with ignition for Â£28 with postage. so this week i`ll be replacing the ignition. pissed me off more because it happened like 4 days before my mot and tax ran out so now the car is off the road for the moment. god how i miss that car.

kingrichy · Post by **kingrichy** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:25 pm

Make sure the ignition is in the off position.

It`s really difficult when it`s on.

I know because i thried it once.

VanDerGraaf · Post by **VanDerGraaf** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:53 am

Actually, the ignition barrel will not come out usually unless you can turn the key to the second position (key in ignition fully off being position 0).

You'll need to press in a little catch through a small hole in the ignition barrel housing as you do this, a small screwdriver (jeweller's type) works well.

Then the barrel should just slide out easily.

Easy to put the new one in!

Volvo 480 Club Europe

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