Can the door locks be re-keyed?
Is there a source for this?
Is there a source for this?
Can the door locks be re-keyed?
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Yes I believe so.
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ANY LOCK CAN BE REKEYED
There are key codes on all your locks .... ignition...doors...trunk. All will match originally. Pick which code you want to use and have matched together.Yes I believe so.
Call here and talk to Mike.
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These are Petra high security keys
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well I dunno about the "high security" part except that they are not common keys (any more, though I know Benz used the same system and I suspect other 60s era cars as well).
The key system uses (just) three dimple sizes. Each key face is the same as the other, so it doesn't matter whether you stick the key in "right side up" or not. The dimples are aligned in three rows, at a set spacing. Once you know the first row location and dimple spacing, you're partway there.
A photo of a key is all that's needed for another key to be cut - how difficult is that? What it means is: take a close-up photo of your key (whether or not the code number is visible). That photo will be enough for a person to cut a new key, if they "cut" actually drill) dimple keys at all.
Not having grooves along the key, which determines the blank that has to be used, simplifies cutting CS keys since there is only a single "one size fits all" key blank.
yeh, yeh, easy for me to say. Only the relative scarcity of dimple key cutters protects us. A crook with a slide hammer can remove the ignition lock and your car's gone, in less time than it takes to read this post. Adequate and appropriate Insurance, folks!
Now to the original question. Yes any lock cylinder can be re-keyed. It's a matter of removing and reinstalling the wafers of each cylinder in the same sequence in all seven positions (4 doors, trunk, glovebox and ignition). Practically, if your master key (not valet key) doesn't open a particular lock, you have to take out two lock cylinders. The wafers of the non-opening lock must be rearranged, sometimes filed to match, the key cylinder that is opened by the key. Reinstall and it should work.
I'm assuming only persons of unimpeachable honesty are reading this. Stay tuned for my post on how to reset odometers, though I think that info is already out there. Hint: in a CS it's rather more difficult than, say, 2002s.
The key system uses (just) three dimple sizes. Each key face is the same as the other, so it doesn't matter whether you stick the key in "right side up" or not. The dimples are aligned in three rows, at a set spacing. Once you know the first row location and dimple spacing, you're partway there.
A photo of a key is all that's needed for another key to be cut - how difficult is that? What it means is: take a close-up photo of your key (whether or not the code number is visible). That photo will be enough for a person to cut a new key, if they "cut" actually drill) dimple keys at all.
Not having grooves along the key, which determines the blank that has to be used, simplifies cutting CS keys since there is only a single "one size fits all" key blank.
yeh, yeh, easy for me to say. Only the relative scarcity of dimple key cutters protects us. A crook with a slide hammer can remove the ignition lock and your car's gone, in less time than it takes to read this post. Adequate and appropriate Insurance, folks!
Now to the original question. Yes any lock cylinder can be re-keyed. It's a matter of removing and reinstalling the wafers of each cylinder in the same sequence in all seven positions (4 doors, trunk, glovebox and ignition). Practically, if your master key (not valet key) doesn't open a particular lock, you have to take out two lock cylinders. The wafers of the non-opening lock must be rearranged, sometimes filed to match, the key cylinder that is opened by the key. Reinstall and it should work.
I'm assuming only persons of unimpeachable honesty are reading this. Stay tuned for my post on how to reset odometers, though I think that info is already out there. Hint: in a CS it's rather more difficult than, say, 2002s.
I re-keyed all my locks it is tedious but doable.
did you do it yourself? are there parts that you need / can order?
If you get the code on door lock make will make a key from the code and send it to you.
I have the key(s)
what I don't have is the right hand door lock,
see my WTB in parts section
what I don't have is the right hand door lock,
see my WTB in parts section
we have located the missing lock! thanks for all the info