Keys

[Grazy]

Do any of you dudes have one key to open all doors and tailgate etc and side door . Coz mine has two keys and they dont seem to work very well :? Is there any where i could get new set of keys if so an idea how much ????? o its a 69 van Cheers 8)

 

[Harlequin]

Custom & Commercial can redo locks .. they re-tumbled my deck lid lock to match my one key (not cheap about £70 inc postage) have since found local locksmith can do the same for £15 if you have a good key

 

[Fortunate Son]

You can rebuild them yourself - did mine not long back. There is a post about this on one of the other forums; it includes a few diagrams etc.

A fair bit of trial and error is needed when swapping around the tumblers (the small brass bits that follow the cuts in your key). There are only 4 different patterns of tumblers for door (cab, rear hatch, engine lid - if fitted) locks. Ignition barrell tumblers are slightly longer but still have 4 different patterns. Door Lock seem to use 8 out of the 9 slots (the centre one left empty. Ignition barells seem to use all 9 slots.

I got a few knackered old door locks from auto jumble as donors for spare tumblers. If you decide to give it a go yourself give me a shout and I'll dig out my left over spare tumblers for you.

FS 8)

 

[Fortunate Son]

Having just thought about it a bit more your locks will be L code (67 to 70) wheras mine are R code being a 71 (R code 71 to 79) so my spares will probably be of little use

Anyway

Good Luck

FS 8)

 

[Araon]

Fortunate. I have a few probs with my ignition barrel any ideas how long ago that thread was and i'll give it a go, mines a 71 too so could prove very useful.

 

[Loxy]

Try here for starters:
http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?t=1037&highlight=
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[Araon]

Cheers for that