Date:         Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:43:55 -0400
Reply-To:     Miguel Calvin <mcalvin@MAC.COM>
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From:         Miguel Calvin <mcalvin@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: water tank key
Comments: To: 86 Westfalia <scotiawesty@ns.sympatico.ca>
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on 7/10/01 5:46 PM, 86 Westfalia at scotiawesty@NS.SYMPATICO.CA wrote:

> Any suggestions on how to get the water tank open if you  don't have the
> key?
>
> DJL
>
> DJ Landry
> 86 Westy
> Bedford, Nova Scotia
> CANADA

You can remove the whole utility outlet (four phillips screws).  Then undo
the clamp that holds the fill hose on.  Now you have access to the back of
the lock.  Take it apart and put it back together with no tumblers or with
all the tumblers filed off.  Now you can use anything that will fit as a
key.  I made a permanent key from flatened copper wire.  It is not
removeable so it doesn't get lost.  I tend to think that if someone hates me
enough to try to poison my water, I need to change my life, not my locks...

--
Miguel