Date:         Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:18:41 +0200
Reply-To:     Janne Ruohomäki <janne.ruohomaki@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Janne Ruohomäki <janne.ruohomaki@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Nice thing about vanagon keys
Comments: To: Ed McLean <email99@bellsouth.net>
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Ed McLean <email99@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> You are right in that early CS keys are not easy to duplicate but they are
> surprisingly still available from the BMW dealer.  The one I bought last
> October for my '71 2800CS was less than $5 , including factory machining for
> my door lock.  I was pleasantly surprised.  I also rekeyed the ignition
> cylinder and trunk cylinder to match the door locks by simply moving the
> internal tumblers around to make them all match.  It is not quite the "work
> of the devil" innards and was quite easy to disassemble and rekey.

While disassembling my sliding door lock I noticed that it was
probably keyed for different key than the one I have for the van. Did
not succeed in reordering those tumblers, but a little touch with
dremel made wonders! Without playing with the order of those tumblers
and problems finding the small screw holding the cylinder in it took
something like 15 minutes. Now my key opens my sliding door also.
Well, actually I still have to install my sliding door to my van,
before I can really open it.