I have gone this route a couple of times to get missing keys replaced also. There are many different keys for these though, not just a code that works for all of them. The last time I needed keys my locksmith opened a drawer and pulled out a ring with a couple of dozen tiny Westy water tank keys on it. He tried them all one by one until one worked. Then he duped it for me. If I had known this, I could have saved myself the trouble of removing the water access housing. The locksmith said he gets so many requests for Westy keys that he started keeping a copy for each one that he took apart to make keys for. Now he rarely finds one that he doesn't already have a key for. Protec Lock & Safe Oceanside, Calif. Mark Ken Hunter wrote: > > Had to make a key for mine too, but my locksmith charged me $20 w/the extra > key. THEN the next day while looking through the archives I came upon a post > giving the key code ( if you have that it's cheap). Darned if I can find it > now though. > > Ken Hunter > 82 Westy 1.9D > 84 Jetta 1.6D > 89 Mitsubishi van |
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