Danz_Corsa
Member
Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Uni in Manc / Home in MK
User status: Offline
|
Evening all,
Some **** tried to steal my car last night. Bent the door back and messed with the ignition barrel. Please see pictures below. Just looking for some advice on how to repair it as the car doesn't start now?!
Key will turn to the third slot without resistance and the electrics (CD player etc) come on but no starter motor. Key still able to disactivate the steering lock and turn the wheels etc so I'm hoping the damage isn't too bad!
Any advice welcome...
[Edited on 17-01-2012 by Danz_Corsa]
[Edited on 17-01-2012 by Danz_Corsa]
|
Fro
Member
Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
User status: Offline
|
Sorry to hear that 
Put [ img] at the start of you pic link and [/ img] at the end with out spaces :thumbs
|
Danz_Corsa
Member
Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Uni in Manc / Home in MK
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Fro
Sorry to hear that
Put [ img] at the start of you pic link and [/ img] at the end with out spaces :thumbs
Editted thanks - sorry the images are a bit large but at least it's relatively clear what we are looking at! I'm not sure what the thing is on the second image but it was on the floor?!
Thanks in advance
|
Adam-D
Member
Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
i reckon a new ignition switch is needed.
|
Brett
Premium Member
Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
User status: Offline
|
Surely you just put the two bits together that look like they should be together. My classic scooby had somethin like that, just unscrewed the barrell off the back and you could start it by hand without a key 
|
Generation
Member
Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
User status: Offline
|
Ignition switch needs replacing IMO. when them to are seperated wrongly the pins fly everywhere. New switch is about £8
|
sand-eel
Member
Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
User status: Offline
|
Surely they would know the key is still needed as the chip to start the engine is there.
|
Danz_Corsa
Member
Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Uni in Manc / Home in MK
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Brett
Surely you just put the two bits together that look like they should be together. My classic scooby had somethin like that, just unscrewed the barrell off the back and you could start it by hand without a key
Sadly not - I hoped that would work, it clicks back into place but still no resistance on key and no starter motor...
Is the black plastic peice something from the ignition switch also?
|
corsajay88
Member
Registered: 22nd Aug 11
Location: Upton, Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
When my ignition switch was dying, the stereo would lose power when the key moved about, anyway my temporary soloution was to push the ignition switch against the barrel as there was a bit of play there which was the cause and tape it in place. It lasted for months like this
The switch was probably only 1mm out of place but caused the problem anyway you could try this. Probably wont work but worth a try.
|
Danz_Corsa
Member
Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Uni in Manc / Home in MK
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Generation
Ignition switch needs replacing IMO. when them to are seperated wrongly the pins fly everywhere. New switch is about £8
£8 sounds like my sort of repair price! Do I simply head down to the scrap yard and remove the unit from another Corsa B / Tigra?
Also is it pretty simple to swap over my lock barrel so I don't need a second key?
|
corsajay88
Member
Registered: 22nd Aug 11
Location: Upton, Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
Did they take anything?
|
Danz_Corsa
Member
Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Uni in Manc / Home in MK
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by corsajay88
Did they take anything?
Evening - no nothing the buggers. Just broke in and damged the ignition coil! Wasn't much worth stealing, cheap CD player and a cheap SatNav but they left it all...
Guess it wasn't an elite team of car theives.... :S
|
corsajay88
Member
Registered: 22nd Aug 11
Location: Upton, Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
Well at least they didnt do anything else, where abouts in manchester did it happen?
|
Matty SRi
Member
Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
User status: Offline
|
Have you checked under the bonnet to make sure the starter motor is still there 
|
Danz_Corsa
Member
Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Uni in Manc / Home in MK
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by corsajay88
Well at least they didnt do anything else, where abouts in manchester did it happen?
Fallowfield
|
Danz_Corsa
Member
Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Uni in Manc / Home in MK
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Matty SRi
Have you checked under the bonnet to make sure the starter motor is still there
lol no I haven't but I very much doubt they would do that to steal the starter motor! 
|
Matty SRi
Member
Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
User status: Offline
|
Ya never know! Some crazy people in this world!
|
