Date:         Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:07:57 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Door handle/lock changing question
Comments: To: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
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Guess I wasn't too clear, or else I was and I don't get what you're saying...

I have two unmatched/unkown tumblers (I guess you call them) that came
out of the donor handles. They are from a late model vanagon and are
in nice shape, left over from the swap (I put my "old" tumblers in
both new handles).

I also have a sliding door whose tumbler doesn't work with my key, so
I have to reach through the front door and slide the inside button and
then close and lock the front door.

Since I have these two spare tumblers, I am wondering is one of them
can be outfitted with the proper wafers that would match my
properly-keyed doors? And to do so, would I need to pull one of my
properly-keyed tumblers out to show the locksmith, or could the
locksmith figure out what wafers I need by looking at my key?

Jim

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:00 AM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone trying this had probably better use a drill bit... you'll need
>> the hardest thing you can find! I had no problem with this, my first
>> time into the lock innards, and my car looks sooooooo much better for
>> it. Thank you listmembers Unca Joel and Dre Lengyel for the nice
>> handles!
>>
>> Can I take the old tumbler assemblies, if that's what they are called,
>> and have them re-keyed to pop into my slider handle so it is keyed the
>> same as my other doors?
>>
>> Jim
>
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> You would be better off pulling out the lock wafers and laying them out in
> order. Then you can simply match
> the wafers to re-key any of the other locks to the same key.
>
> If you only want to re-key the sliding door handle, just take out
> the wafers and transfer directly onto your sliding
> door handle cylinder in the same order. Just a reminder, the lock cylinder
> in the slider handle is held in place by
> a tiny screw.
>
>
> BenT