[V8] Anyone taken apart the trunk lock mechanism?

[Luis CaifanSC]

Graphite powder as in shavings from a pencil? That's a new one for me!

Thanks for the suggestions gents I'll uber drench the cylinder for the next
few days and see if it frees up some of the gunk.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 5:10 PM, John Bysinger <doog at bysinger.net> wrote:

> GraphITE powder rather.
>
> Doh!
>
> john at bysinger.net
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:09 PM, John Bysinger <doog at bysinger.net> wrote:
>
>> After you clean it out (WD-40, etc), and it's had a chance to dry.  Give
>> it a good dose of graphic powder inside the mechanism.  It's the ideal
>> lubricant for the pins and internals of the cylinder, and doesn't freeze in
>> cold weather.
>>
>> john at bysinger.net
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Dave Saad <dsaadme at me.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You might try hosing it down with wd-40. That might push out the gunk.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> > On Feb 23, 2016, at 8:14 PM, Luis CaifanSC <caifansc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi everyone,
>>> >
>>> > I'm having issues with my trunk lock cylinder. The key would not go in
>>> all
>>> > the way (not even half way) so I removed the lock cylinder from the
>>> trunk
>>> > lid so I could fiddle with it. I was able to wiggle the key in further
>>> and
>>> > I can tell its just old gunky grease inside the cylinder. My intention
>>> was
>>> > to open it up and clean it from any other debris...but after removing
>>> the
>>> > backing plate in the cylinder I can't seem to separate the cylinder
>>> from
>>> > housing. Was wondering if any of you gents have any experience taking
>>> this
>>> > apart?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks!
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