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| Author: | junkmailforblankets [ Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | key replacement |
My only door/ignition key for my 64 Dart just broke off. Any suggestions out there for the cheapest way to get back going? Are there numbers out there I can get to have a key made from? Other suggestions to avoid replacing locks and ignition? Many thanks, Jeremy |
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| Author: | CStryker [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:24 am ] |
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Assuming you don't want to re-core everything, call a locksmith. |
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| Author: | Slanted Opinion [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:31 am ] |
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Depends on where along its length the key actually broke. I once brought a key into the hardware store in two pieces. They were able to get it into the key grinder and fashion a new one for me. $1.49. BTW- You'll need to go to a hardware store that has been around a long time, then find the oldest fellow there to do it. Most of the new big-box stores will just say no... If that works then make a spare!!!  -Mac |
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| Author: | dakight [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:28 am ] |
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I've seen my Dad make a new key by hand. He clamped the old one and new blank together in a vise then used a triangular file to cut the teeth to match the old pattern. It was slow and tedious but it worked. |
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| Author: | 68Valiant [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:10 am ] |
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Quote: I've seen my Dad make a new key by hand. He clamped the old one and new blank together in a vise then used a triangular file to cut the teeth to match the old pattern. It was slow and tedious but it worked.
I haven't tried this myself but after reading this, I have the strange desire to try it!Russ |
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| Author: | Slanted Opinion [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:29 am ] |
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That's really all the machines do at the hardware store... they simply run along the teeth of your original with a guide, the guide is attached to a cutting wheel that forms the blank. Notice that the rest of the form factor on the blank looks exactly like your original key (side grooves, length, etc). |
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| Author: | 68Valiant [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:31 pm ] |
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Quote: That's really all the machines do at the hardware store... they simply run along the teeth of your original with a guide, the guide is attached to a cutting wheel that forms the blank.
Yeah but I'll bet that the machine has a lot more patience than myself, lol!  Russ |
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