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Omega General Help / Re: Please help!!(ignition barrel strip without key?)
« on: 22 July 2009, 20:29:46 »
Mmm now i didn't think of glue to retrieve the broken part :yalthough superglue on its own may not be up to it but team it up with accelerator and that just might work thanks for that otherwise its time to carefully break it open and try and find a seconhand one,thanks again guys
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Daft though it may sound, have you tried supergluing the back end of the key back onto the broken off bit?
Then, if it sticks, try gently twiddling the key again with it inserted slightly less than fully (a mm or two). This proved successful at turning ours in the same 'barrel-out-of-car' situation. I think the endstop may have got bent during attempts to get the thing to turn when it was in-situ. Quick needlefile on the tumblers, and on the inside of the outer cylinder and all was well.
Failing that, hacksaw/files etc. to destroy the outside of the thing and get at the innards, then transfer the tumblers into a.n. other lock as suggested above.