car won't start, please help

[Speeding Boris]

Morning

Spent all of yesterday fitting new locks on my MK1 1.2 (D-type). It' a three door so the locksonly took an our until I came to the ignition barrel... three hours later i got the f*cker out - put new one, all fin - went to start it and teh car would start and then die straight away. I left it till this morning put the old barrel back in and exactly same thing happened. I changed the barrel to the new one re-fitted all th trim but now the car won't even start - I may have flooded the engine but i may have tripped some security settings - any ideas guys?

 

[Speeding Boris]

anyone? I have to fix it today and all out of ideas..

 

[edde]

what age is the car??

 

[Speeding Boris]

1996

 

[yeah Al]

my bro had a 1.4 etype it would trun over bt wudnt start. Changed all t sensors n still nuthin put sum easy start down t throttle body and den started it n pulled the throttle fully open with his m8 holdin t key turnin the starter mototr den it finally started.

 

[Speeding Boris]

the car worked fine yesterday before I started funnying around with the ignition barrel. shall I still give it a go?

 

[JAY172]

is there an immobiliser transponder ring around the ing barrel? is the new barrel to key numer ie still using the original key?

 

[Speeding Boris]

Ah - there is a plastic thing that goes around teh barrel and the new key is a different number as it's not the original. That explains a lot.

Can I disconect it - would the car work without it?

Thanks Mate