Drivers Door Lock Barrel Busted?

[Mario]

Key in drivers door lock was a bit stiff, I forced it and now rotates freely will not activate the lock ;) , key works normally in passenger & rear door and central locking mech (non -remote) opens and locks all doors. Reading on various forums, I understand that I will probably require a door lock barrel repair kit to put this right... I am not very sure if is this a DIY job and where can I purchase this kit (I am trying to avoid Fords for obvious reasons...)

 

many thanks

Mario :(

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[seatkid]

(I am trying to avoid Fords for obvious reasons...)

Why? Were you trying to steal it? ;)

 

Let your fingers do the walking and use Yellow Pages. Phone around.

[big_kev]

Easily found on ebay....link below

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=190326189491

 

there may be other cheaper ones on there as well.

[zorgman]

swap the handles over from side to side, easy job one torx screw and push handle forward then pull outwards. got no locks at all on mine put rear handles on front doors took me all of 10 mins

[frogeye]

swap the handles over from side to side, easy job one torx screw and push handle forward then pull outwards. got no locks at all on mine put rear handles on front doors took me all of 10 mins

 

I also swapped my passenger handle over to the drivers side and eventually got around to sorting out the broken barrel. You will have to go to Ford to get the replacement bit (I think it is call an eccentric), its about 30mm long with a little cage at one end (which is the bit that breaks - shown in pic 9 on the link) and a paddle at the other end. I seem to remember it costing about

[SwFsnapper]

Great post, swapped my drivers side with passenger side within 5 minutes.

 

Will order up a repair kit at a later date and report here how the fix went

 

Many thx