Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:12:13 -0800
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Which lock cylinder is for what & pics of power vs. non-power
              hatch lock
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Good morning, everyone:

Too much caffeine encouraged curiosity in the middle the night which got
me performing some amateur Vanagon archeology. Some years ago, I came upon a
stash of NOS ignition locks, handles, and lock cylinders for Vanagons. A
portion of that group was a pile of mismatched locks & keys not to mention
handles with lock cylinders removed and/or missing. When Kim Springer asked
for a handle to replace his damaged one, his request coincided with my
preparations to send the whole mess to Steve Sandlin for matching and/or
re-keying. I was able to match up quite a few and re-keyed the simple ones
myself. Eventually, the rest will wing it's way to Texas to Steve's Lock
Shoppe.

Now here's my question. The following photo shows three different lock
cylinders. I know the one with the square ends are for the doors. I am not
so sure about the other two (slider too, maybe?). I am speculating that the
one with the smooth oval end is for the rear hatch whilst the two pronged
deal is for the ignition. It just seems logical but one or more of you
probably knows just by looking at them. Sorry for the low-res pics. I used
my phone for quick photos.

http://picasaweb.google.com/syncro/HowToPages?authkey=Gv1sRgCISKpO_365ncygE#5430302664270338002


Just for the heck of it, I took a pic to show the difference between the
hatch locks. The fancy looking one is for the ones with powerlocks. The
plain Jane is the manual lock version. Since I haven't disassembled a rear
hatch lock before, I am operating under the assumption that that lock is
complete. My thanks to Bus Depot for posting pics on their website which I
used to help ID the different locks.

http://picasaweb.google.com/syncro/HowToPages?authkey=Gv1sRgCISKpO_365ncygE#5430303635698115538



TIA,

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BenT