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Hey everyone. When I bought my truck, the idiot that sold it to me didn't tell me that it didn't come with keys for the doors. Just wondering, does everyone here have keys for the doors and seperate keys for the ignition? Or is it the same key on these trucks.
Next, where would I get some keys for the doors since I'm tired of wondering if something is going to be stolen out of the truck. Making another set of keys for the doors seems like the easiest solution.
Thanks.
Next, where would I get some keys for the doors since I'm tired of wondering if something is going to be stolen out of the truck. Making another set of keys for the doors seems like the easiest solution.
Thanks.
Mountain Pass
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From: Wilton, IA
We have a 1994 and the ignition key is the same key for the doors.
If yours is different you should be able to go to dealer with the Vin and get keys made for door.
I did put in a different ignition a few months ago and so it is a different key now because I bought my new ignition from parts store and not dealer.
If yours is different you should be able to go to dealer with the Vin and get keys made for door.
I did put in a different ignition a few months ago and so it is a different key now because I bought my new ignition from parts store and not dealer.
Tuned
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From: Bluffton, IN
What year is your truck? Mine is a 89 and had separate lock and ignition keys. My dads 94 uses the same key. I think in 92 was when they switched to using the ignition key as the lock. Hope this helps.
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honestly, since our locks are so easy to remove and these trucks came with a different key for the ignition than for the doors, i would just go to the local junkyard, find a truck with keys in it, take the locks and keys together, and put them in your truck. you're done for under 10 bucks and minimal effort
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From: Charles Town, W bygod Va
I don't think you need to remove the door panel. There is a clip you pull out from the door jamb to release the lock.
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honestly, since our locks are so easy to remove and these trucks came with a different key for the ignition than for the doors, i would just go to the local junkyard, find a truck with keys in it, take the locks and keys together, and put them in your truck. you're done for under 10 bucks and minimal effort
When I bought mine, the first thing I did was replace the door lock cylinders because someone had tried to jack the truck by jamming a screwdriver into the passenger side and messed it up. I'd never done the job before, but even with my crappy wrenching skills it only took a few minutes, half hour tops. Unless OBS trucks differ from a bricknose, all you have to do is pull the retaining clip on the side/edge of the door. The only issue I had was the replacement clips were so flimsy they wouldn't go back into the hole without bending, so I reused the originals.
Ignition lock cylinder is even easier. Again, I'm basing this off a bricknose, but provided you have the key for the cylinder that's in there, it's a 30-second job.
Mike
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all ford vehicles from the early 60s to the present that I have any experience with came from the factory with the same key for the door and the ignition and a different key for the trunk and the glove box or other storage compartment (if lockable). If the door key and the ignition key are different one or the other has been changed at sometime in the past. If the door key key will fit in the ignition it can be re keyed to match the doors. If needed I think I have some door cylinders and ignition cylinder that I replaced on my truck right after I got it. 
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I can't speak to the cars, but I know that's not accurate for the pickups. They not only DON'T use the same key, they are different kinds of keys.
The ignition for the trucks is the square head, the door key is round. The groves on the sides of the keys are placed different so even if you cut a key to work both, it would not fit in both.
It looks like Ford went back and forth on this, my '62 F-100 uses the same key for the ignition and the door lock. (Pass side, no door lock on the driver's side, go figure that.) The old bolt of lighting key of yesteryear.
My '69 F250 has the newer style key that also works both the doors and ignition.
But all of the 70's (dentside) and 80's trucks I have owned or driven use the 2 key system.
The ignition for the trucks is the square head, the door key is round. The groves on the sides of the keys are placed different so even if you cut a key to work both, it would not fit in both.
It looks like Ford went back and forth on this, my '62 F-100 uses the same key for the ignition and the door lock. (Pass side, no door lock on the driver's side, go figure that.) The old bolt of lighting key of yesteryear.
My '69 F250 has the newer style key that also works both the doors and ignition.
But all of the 70's (dentside) and 80's trucks I have owned or driven use the 2 key system.
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In my experience, 70s trucks were on a one key system and 80s trucks on a 2 key system, as described by others here. You may buy locks for a 70s truck and install them in an 80s truck to make your 2 key truck into a 1 key truck. The locks are identical except for their keyway.
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My 74 F350 uses one key. Both of my 91s have 2 keys. And Chevy_Eater is correct, they are different keys, you cannot interchange. I bought a kit off of eBay and I rekey my own locks. Both 91s and the 74 use the same ignition key, and the 91s use the same door key.
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Okay, I retract then what I said about the dentsides. I no longer have one and trusting things to memory can be dangerous. Don't want to spread bad information.
I can positively vouch for the '80s rigs though as I currently have two of 'em.
I can positively vouch for the '80s rigs though as I currently have two of 'em.