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This past Sunday I took my wife and the old truck to Cracker Barrel for brunch.
After parking I opened my door and pulled the handle back to the lock position, told my wife to do the same thing. When she closed her door it didn't close all the way. I went over put the key in and.....Nothing!!! The key did not work because of the way I Locked it. We went in, had breafast, came back out. She called AAA, I called the police. The police said they couldn't help call a locksmith. AAA showed up about an hour later in the meantime like a rocket scientist I closed the door all the way, after about a half hour of trying to get the door open he gave up. I grabbed a river rock about the size of a softball and hit the window a half dozen times to no avail. ended up going back into the restaurant and borrowing a hammer to break the glass.
Now the truck is in the shop awaiting for a window to be made.
Moral to the story.....careful how you lock the doors, the rear window is a lot cheaper than a one piece door window and if the door doesn't close all the way don't close it.
Been there. Done that. I discussed my plight in this thread. And you're right, the rear glass is the cheapest. And, at the risk of sounding like a Monday morning quarterback, you can push the rear glass into the cab occasionally without breaking it (unless the seal is 65 years old like mine was). The side glass is no doubt the hardest one to replace, and I'd say even more expensive if it's one-piece. You can order that glass and have it on your doorstep in probably 2 or 3 days. Does the shop have a pattern?
Gosh, it seems like removing the rear window would have been easier. I have gained entry to several pickups this way.
Which makes me wonder... why bother locking the truck at all? I lock it every time I'm leaving it somewhere other than home. But now I wonder how much sense that makes since pushing in the back window is so easy...
Don't feel bad, Myself, and Im sure many others have done the exact same thing. I have used a butter knife to work the vent lock open, but mine are stock, and don't have the push button locks on the vent levers.
Hello Doc, No the shop does not have a pattern. They are going to remove the passenger side window and make a pattern from it. The windows are available as a conversion kit only to the tune of about $450.00.
Fortunately for me the shop owner is a member here, so I think it will turn out vvery good.
I remembered looking at the parts books prior to breaking the glass and windows were about $50 so it was no big deal. Boy do I wish that it would have been the rear window.
The problem is your trucks are just too old. If you had the much newer, much more modern, much more technologically advanced F-100, like say a '53, then you wouldn't have these lock problems. You could unlock it with a key even if it was locked by the inside handle. And, if you accidentally lock it, it unlocks itself when you close it.
And, of course, they're much prettier.
(I'm just kidding, don't hurt me. I love all the 48-56's)
Originally Posted by Jolly Roger Joe
Which makes me wonder... why bother locking the truck at all? I lock it every time I'm leaving it somewhere other than home. But now I wonder how much sense that makes since pushing in the back window is so easy...
Most of today's theives are much too young to know that.
Which makes me wonder... why bother locking the truck at all? I lock it every time I'm leaving it somewhere other than home. But now I wonder how much sense that makes since pushing in the back window is so easy...
Well it's not THAT easy to push inside. You have to work at it.
I also have one piece windows and shaved handles with remote control door poppers. I haven't even driven it yet past the nearest stop sign and I have already locked it with the remote inside. I finally found the second remote and was able to get in. I need to install the hidden button somewhere that will pop one of the doors open, but what if the battery is dead? Right now I haven't welded the patch on the passenger door where the handle used to be so I am able to get in that way with a long screwdriver. Maybe I will just leave the hole...
I never lock mine, and I leave the keys in it. Most thieves don't know you have to push the starter button. And my truck is one of those that won't start unless you know the secret to starting it. Ok, maybe tomorrow someone will steal it.
time to come up with an idea for a hidden release under the hood...
I would do that but my hood is reverse tilt and the release is on the dash via cable. I plan on making a hidden release under the cab or running board.
my truck would be easy to steal. i don't have a key for the existing lock, so it is never locked, except by the inside handle. if i get "locked out" i just rattle the driver's handle until it unlocks itself. my simple anti-theft is a toggle switch for my electric fuel pump. with it off, it starts normally, runs a few seconds and quits. a pro might figure it out quickly, a joy rider would probably abandon it within 100 yards.
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If you had the much newer, much more modern, much more technologically advanced F-100, like say a '53, then you wouldn't have these lock problems. You could unlock it with a key even if it was locked by the inside handle. And, if you accidentally lock it, it unlocks itself when you close it.
I love all the 48-56's)
