I bought a complete lock set ( 2 door handles, sliding door handle, ign switch and rear hatch tumbler) from the Bus Depot for less than $100. You might want to see if they have any more in stock. Or you can have the doors rekeyed to match the ignition. Good luck, TomC tcarrington@relitech.com http://www.relitech.com/tomc http://volksweb.relitech.com 85 Vanagon Crew Cab 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion 65 Notchback > -----Original Message----- > From: John Fried [mailto:john@DATAKNIGHT.COM] > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:38 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Vanagon keys--the answers > > > My newly-acquired '85 Westy needs three keys (a real PITA): > > 1. Ignition (only) key > 2. Front door key (left/right) > 3. Sliding door key > > To open the rear gate door uses key 2 or 3 (I just try until > one works). > I've never tried to lock the glove box. The gas cap is not lockable (I > don't know if that is good or bad). > > Now for the $1,000,000 question: Is there any way, other than > replacing > the locks, to reduce the key count? > > John > > Steve Sandlin wrote: > > > > Hi, everybody. Here's the whole story on Vanagon keys, as > far as I know, > |
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