mitsubishi carisma boot lock

[pushybabe1]

hubby has had problems unlocking the boot of his 2003 carisma so has now taken it out and is struggling to put it together again and needs to know if anyone knows if he can look online for a diagram of the lock to be able to fix the problem and put it all back together again, many thanx

[TWR]

Hi, are you saying he has stripped the innards of the locking barrel? or if it's only the locking barrel itself, it's held in place by a U spacer from inside the boot + the links, if the innards has been disturbed either try a locksmith, if you take it back to the dealer I doubt they will repair it but advise you to bye a replacement & that will not be cheap.

[AlBags]

There is a barrel, cylinder, a set of tumblers or discs (depending on lock type) which are coded (possibly numbered on them) and if tumblers .. minature springs loading them inside the cylinder.
If the tumblers come out of the cylinder .. or the discs get mixed up, you will have lost the lock coding.
With experience, you can 'read' the tumblers and assemble so the cylinder with key inserted will rotate in the barrel. Then it will operate correctly.
Failing that, order a new barrel/cylinder assy against the manufacturers VIN.
Try to avoid a barrel and key as you will then have an extra key!

[AlBags]

Repair kits are usually available. This usually consists of tumblers, springs and clips to enable a rebuild of the barrel assy.

[pushybabe1]

thanx all, him indoors managed to get a cd which has info on carisma repairs and this contained the info needed but thanx for replies