What lock knobs are correct?
Postmaster
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From: Eldorado Ca. USA
Two things I want to add to this thread.
Door lock ***** are irrelevant for slowing down theives, I watched a reformed thief roll down my window with it down a 1/4 of an inch, just to show he could do it. He then took a piece of metal pallet banding, and opened all for doors in about a minutes time with it. Locks slow down honest folks, bricks, spring loaded punches, porcelain spark plug insulators, tire irons, etc will open any lock.
The second irrelevant point I would like to add is that 30+ years is alot of time for previous owners to customize their trucks to their liking.
Door lock ***** are irrelevant for slowing down theives, I watched a reformed thief roll down my window with it down a 1/4 of an inch, just to show he could do it. He then took a piece of metal pallet banding, and opened all for doors in about a minutes time with it. Locks slow down honest folks, bricks, spring loaded punches, porcelain spark plug insulators, tire irons, etc will open any lock.
The second irrelevant point I would like to add is that 30+ years is alot of time for previous owners to customize their trucks to their liking.
Post Fiend
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I remember once when I was at a anger management class and I locked my keys in my truck, and a couple a thieves happened to be in the class. I was ready to call a locksmith when one of them said he could have my door opened in under 10 seconds without breaking anything.
He never touched the lock ****.
He never touched the lock ****.
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Makes you wish that you knew some of their skills, without the potential for getting locked in the pokey doesn't it? My last locksmith call cost me $110.
I was proud of myself, my building inspector locked himself out of his car. Four of us had our pallet banding, working on getting the doors open. I got my door open, sat in the back seat and watched them for about 5 minutes before they realized that I was inside the car already.....
I was proud of myself, my building inspector locked himself out of his car. Four of us had our pallet banding, working on getting the doors open. I got my door open, sat in the back seat and watched them for about 5 minutes before they realized that I was inside the car already.....
Last edited by masterbeavis; Oct 7, 2007 at 11:55 PM.
Post Fiend
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I most definetly do not want to know the things they do... I will happily use a key to open any lock I need for the remainder of my existence... its a good thing I don't teach those classes anymore, they were getting pretty big.
I keep a spare key and lock cylinder in my tool box in case I manage to lock myself out again, only happened once in 5 years.
I keep a spare key and lock cylinder in my tool box in case I manage to lock myself out again, only happened once in 5 years.
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