Very useful. at the beginning I thought it was the swollen battery, it was not. Then I realized the lid was far to hard to move and I have stepped into this article. Sprayed wd40 on the hinges with the back plate open, the lid became softer and the magnetic lock is now fully fuctional. Thanks!
The process was really easy except that the MBP didn’t boot at the first shot. The keyboard ribbon was not inserted properly and in order to install it correctly I followed another advice on ifixit: I helped my self with a piece of adhesive tape with which I applied quite some horizontal force on the ribbon/socket couple. At the end everything went super smoothly. It took me about 40’ total and I have gained more that 10*C on idle. The machine feels brand new, it runs cold and it is super snappy again. Almost at its 10th birthday!!