ignition lock about to die?

[darrsi]

For the "washing/flushing" to be effective I assume i'll have to take the lock out, right? I guess trying to flush it in the mounted position will (aside from the mess on surrounding parts) never get as much of the crap out (or does it have some sort of drainage channels)?

You won't be removing that lock in a hurry!
It's a lock, they're not designed to be easily tampered with.