Please tell me its this easy

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OffThaHorse

Please tell me its this easy

Post by OffThaHorse »

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
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DocGraphics
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Re: Please tell me its this easy

Post by DocGraphics »

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
Don Raugust
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OffThaHorse

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Post by OffThaHorse »

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
majicwrench

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Post by majicwrench »

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.
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Post by rlux4 »

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.
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So Cal Mark

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Post by So Cal Mark »

if you have those locks out, it's easy to key them all the same
OffThaHorse

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Post by OffThaHorse »

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?
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