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Right now the truck doesn’t require a key to start so I bought a new lock cylinder. Any chance the old lock will come out without having to get medieval on it? I’ve never had good luck replacing them in the past
I agree it's probably time for a replacement (and new friends). My ignition and doors don't match, which I thought might be good if I had to leave the truck running, I could lock the doors. Turns out the '79 security system is much more robust, aka the manual transmission.
I agree it's probably time for a replacement (and new friends). My ignition and doors don't match, which I thought might be good if I had to leave the truck running, I could lock the doors. Turns out the '79 security system is much more robust, aka the manual transmission.
Hopefully the OP has it fixed by now. The thread is from April ‘23. I like having different door and ignition keys. It was that way until sometime around ‘94 when Ford switched over to a single key for all the locks.
Sorry y'all I forgot about my original gripe about the $60 for re-keying. Believe you me I fully understand what it takes to run an independent shop these days. For 23 years I ran Lambretta Works restoring Lambrettas, racing them, purchasing and shipping parts worldwide, etc. Total labor of love.
That said I'm going to go to another locksmith here in town that I used to use to make keys for Lambrettas. Maybe they can do it for a better price.
Sorry y'all I forgot about my original gripe about the $60 for re-keying. Believe you me I fully understand what it takes to run an independent shop these days. For 23 years I ran Lambretta Works restoring Lambrettas, racing them, purchasing and shipping parts worldwide, etc. Total labor of love.
Yeah, a bitter pill to swallow, you can get new ignition keys with the ignition lock and those are easy to replace on the column, but in order to get the doors to match the ignition you will need to get the door locks re-keyed, and that will only work on certain years, as Ford made them some years where the ignition and doors intentionally don't match. I'm not sure what the logic is behind that. On my '97 I had the doors rekeyed to match the ignition, but I ended up replacing the ignition and now they don't match anyway...go figure...
I'm probably dating myself, but many of the car manufacturers, including Ford, used a round key handle for the doors and a square key handles for the ignition, even though the keys were the same. Maybe it's a prevention for getting into an accident? If you can't get in and start your truck, you can't get into an accident.
Yeah, a bitter pill to swallow, you can get new ignition keys with the ignition lock and those are easy to replace on the column, but in order to get the doors to match the ignition you will need to get the door locks re-keyed, and that will only work on certain years, as Ford made them some years where the ignition and doors intentionally don't match. I'm not sure what the logic is behind that. On my '97 I had the doors rekeyed to match the ignition, but I ended up replacing the ignition and now they don't match anyway...go figure...
I'm probably dating myself, but many of the car manufacturers, including Ford, used a round key handle for the doors and a square key handles for the ignition, even though the keys were the same. Maybe it's a prevention for getting into an accident? If you can't get in and start your truck, you can't get into an accident.
Go ahead and date yourself, I've been doing it since so-and-so left me...
I have an '82 Chevy(!) motorhome that has the two different keys approach from the factory. Pretty sure my first car ('73 Vega) had two keys also. Must be predominantly a GM thing, with Ford only venturing to the dark side only occasionally. My '94 F150 had one key and I loved the simplicity.
I'll probably buy the LMC ignition lock and have it re-keyed to match my doors. Hopefully it will be decent quality like others have said. I'm guessing most of what LMC sells is the same as Dennis Carpenter stuff, yeah?
I'm guessing most of what LMC sells is the same as Dennis Carpenter stuff, yeah?
Can't speak to the differences with regards to ignition and door lock cylinders, but lately I've been noticing a lot of LMC stuff has been pretty cheaply made (Chinesium?).
If it were my truck I'd pay the premium price and buy from Dennis Carpenter.
(I have no relation to either company, just my observations.)
