Has anyone lost their spare tire keyed extension AND their code #. Well I did and tried to get a replacement at Ford and they sais I need the code. Is it on one of the stickers?

If not, they said I would have to cut the original out. Does anybody have any suggestions/info.? Thanks.

 

I bought my truck with 4000 miles on it, almost new, for some reason I didn't have the key, talked to local ford dealer and I had to make a impression of keyway to send to factory for a match. I can't remember exactly what I used but a piece of tin foil and a wooden dowel to fit thru hole should be able to leave an impression, seems like my biggest problem was removing the template after you compress it, try blowing air into cavity-good luck!!

P.S. My Ford dealer handled this for me

 

sculpty.... you can get it from walmart in the girly crafts section.
its kinda like play-doh, but its more firm.

you wont have to push it in there so hard to get it to form. then you take it out and bake it in your kids easy bake light bulb oven.... ta-da....

maybe that is a little kiddish... get a hacksaw and cut it off. weld a normal bolt on to the rod, and either keep the same size socket in you truck, or weld an old socket to the bar.... ghetto i know, but more manly then play-doh

 

Here is a recent link on the topic.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...hreadid=215799

 

here's a tip for making that impression if yo need to send it back for a new key.

Mix up some bondo - the pink stuff we used to hold our 1950 chevy together with - I think they still sell it at PEP BOY . Spray some PAM vegitable spray into the lock reciever area and press in a ball of the bondo about the size of your thumb. When the bondo dries the oil will let you simply release the plug and the impression will come out. Before the bondo hardenes press in a wood screw so you have something to grab when your trying to remove the plug.

If, for some reason, the bondo sticks to the metal somewhere heat the metal with a hair dryer or heat gun and the bondo will part from the metal. Either way you still have a fairly solid impression to mail off.

I use bondo frequently in my shop to hold gun parts on a block of wood whilst I finish off iron and brass castings. Sometimes the heat generated by filing will warm the metal and part it from teh bondo. Otherwise the bondo holds the part just fine.