rekey project (i'll ask again!)

[dickster]

i know i have already hassled you guys about this but..........

now that i have my power locks to install i would really like to rekey the passenger door lock while the door is apart.

some body out there must know where i can buy the kit for rekeying? pleeeaaaaaassssseeeee!!

desparately

richard

[bob tilton]

took my non-matching door tumblers to locksmith, ignition key and key blanks. told them to:

1 cut the key blanks to the ignition key.
2 reset the tumblers to the newly cut keys.

now instead of having 2 different keys to the door handles and the ignition and a passneger door i could not unlock from the outside, i have a 1 key system that works for everything.

$17.50 per tumbler. all taken care of during a lunch break.

bob
68 911L with a one key system

[dickster]

bob

thanks, i didn't know they could do that. i'll ask my local one at work tommorrow.

richard

[Leland Pate]

I like to think of my "two key" set-up as a sort of Theft deterant system.

I keep a spare door key in a magnetic holder in a super secret location under the car.

Then I have my ignition key hidden somewhere inside the car (no not above the sunvisor).

Fool proof, most certainly not. hell a pro doesn't need a key, but some teeny boppin' punk kid who finds my exterior key will be disapointed to find that it doesn't fit in the ignition!

[dickster]

are you serious!!!!

who needs $$$$$$ worth of alarm system anyways....

(i'm just a lazy git)

richard

[dickster]

mainly for you guys in the uk-

club auto sport ltd 01384 410879 - if i send my spare key to them they will rekey a secondhand barrel to fit for £35 + vat + postage.

and service has been great thus far

richard

[john walker's workshop]

for a quick fix, remove the tumbler from the handle, insert the key you want to use and grind/file off the tumblers that stick out. test fit until it turns easily. 5 minutes and still time for lunch.

[rob911]

JWW

You really are the messiah

I will have my files out first thing saturday morning.

Richard . thanks for the info

[dickster]

jww - hey, maybe thats what they're gonna do

i'll give them a ring in the morning - i can do that myself

thanks

richard

[dickster]

rob911 - apparently you have to file them a bit even if you use new pins. i am giving them my vin no. and they are supplying a brand new barrel (matching the good original one i have) and 2 keys for £52 + vat. they also supply the key heads with crest and torch for £11 ea.

i just think if you file them they will be less secure.

looks like project 76 is a no-go then. its probably cheaper and easier to buy a new lock. i have been unable to find rekey "kits" (wayne suggested secondhand).

richard