I have a car with no keys...
I am taking the ignition switch to a locksmith monday to have keys made. I also used the drill-a-hole-behind-plates trick tonget into the trunk. Unfortunately in my haste and excitement, i pulled out the core of the trunk lock, which caused all the tumbles to fall out
I put it in a plastic baggie while i though about what to do, and put the baggie in the glove compartment
As i did, it hit me! The glove compartment is a locking unit, with a keyhole. Most glove compartments lock with the door/trunk key. Please tell me i can take the glove compartment knob to the locksmith and have a key made from it, which will then allow him to fix my trunk lock and will work on my doors
Please tell me its this easy
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- Your car is a: 1978 124 spider
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Re: Please tell me its this easy
X2 on this question!
My trunk lock has been changed & I have a key for it but none for the original doors/glove box locks
My trunk lock has been changed & I have a key for it but none for the original doors/glove box locks
Don Raugust
1978 Fiat 124 Spider "Fiona" - Burgundy/Tan
2011 pics: http://s918.photobucket.com/albums/ad22 ... 0Pictures/
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1978 Fiat 124 Spider "Fiona" - Burgundy/Tan
2011 pics: http://s918.photobucket.com/albums/ad22 ... 0Pictures/
2012 pics: http://s918.photobucket.com/albums/ad22 ... cs%202012/
Re: Please tell me its this easy
Also, i would use the door locks but the armrest screws are seized and stripped. Ill have to drill them out but right now im concerned with getting the car started
Re: Please tell me its this easy
No expert here, but i was told the glove box key is not the same as the doors or ignition, methinks a locksmith told me that, or maybe one of our wonderful board members.
Keith
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- Your car is a: 1982 2000 Spider
- Location: Granite Falls, Wa
Re: Please tell me its this easy
The key for my 82 fits the trunk and the glovebox. I'm not sure you could use the glovebox lock to make a key from though, it's not much of a mechanism to scrape the marks onto the key blank a locksmith would need to do the job.
Ron
Ron
Re: Please tell me its this easy
if you have those locks out, it's easy to key them all the same
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Mark i have the trunk and glovebox, not door locks...should i just give in and drill out the door panel screws to get those locks out?