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Old Sep 14, 2014 | 05:46 PM
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Can you use these keys?

So this is the best news i ever received, a lady i know contacted me and said her grandson NEVER came back to get his Bronco and left the state, but, he has the key and title, so she told me to come get it, she is filing for a abandoned vehicle title, since it has sat for about a year, but we have no key besides my 79 ford key which i lost, while trying to get a key for mine we noticed a 92 Ford truck key worked for my truck. Can you use a 79 Ford key in a 92 Bronco like the 92 key in a 79 ford or was that just pure luck and i need to cut a key for the bronco?
 
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Old Sep 14, 2014 | 07:06 PM
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Huh?????????
 
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Old Sep 14, 2014 | 08:46 PM
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Wrote that fast and missed details, it's fixed.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 05:00 AM
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The chances are you will have to get keys made. You lucked out once.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 05:36 AM
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We figured, but i wanted to ask before driving an bour to go find out my keys wont work, so i'll go get the title and have my key cutter cut ine for me. Thanks.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 08:53 AM
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I use the same ignition key for my '91 F150 and my '74 F350.
 
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Go to a JY grab a $5.oo ignition assembly out of a 78/79 with a key in it (just tap the 3 notch outer ring off in a counter clock wise direction and remove and un plug it).

Un plug the old ing and just plug in the new TJ one, you can even leave it hanging under the dash, wala no key to be made.

While you are there pop (slide the U shaped lock tab from the back side) the door locks so one key matches door locks and ing. Look for a locking glove box too...2 phillips screws hold it in.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2014 | 10:36 PM
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Only one side of the ford key works. If you have two fords you can have a key duplicated cuts from one truck, flip key over and have cuts from other truck duplicated on that side. Same for door locks. This works with 5 pin or 10 cut. Ignition key that unlocks door also is a 10 cut.
 
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Originally Posted by Rscottc
Only one side of the ford key works. If you have two fords you can have a key duplicated cuts from one truck, flip key over and have cuts from other truck duplicated on that side. Same for door locks. This works with 5 pin or 10 cut. Ignition key that unlocks door also is a 10 cut.
Hmmm, first time I read this, it could come quite handy for me around these parts, I'll try to dig a little more into this.
 
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