I don'y have keys for my car so I was looking on Macs for new lock cylinders. Does anyone have any insight on why this set would not include 1952 cars? https://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_...r-and-trunk-lock-cylinder-set-53-58-ford.html
Not sure what the 52 cylinders look like, but I do know that I recently ordered a set of doors and ignition cylinders and keys for my 54. If Macs has the same ones I ordered, they are kind of junky, took some m***aging to make them fit right. Best advice I could give is find an old school locksmith and get yours fixed if they are fixable.
just looked up my receipt, it says 52-56. And I ordered them from ebay, hopefully Macs has better quality than what I got
Check with www.cl***icautoparts.com. If nothing else, and they have them listed, their info would tell you what years....either confirming what Mac's says or what leviwon's receipt states. Also, as stated above, a locksmith can make keys for your locks. Opening for another short story......when I moved from Colorado to Texas in '03, it was moving day finally. We were loading the last truckload. Needed to get my '57 to a storage facility. No keys! Where did they go??, I just moved the car out to the street the day before. Looked all over. Finally decided they must have got packed, but which box? I sure wasn't up to unloading an entire truck one box at a time to look for them. Called a locksmith. He went out and looked, came back in about 20 minutes and handed me a key. He smiled and asked if I wanted a trunk or door key while he was there. Charged me 20 bucks. Still haven't found those old keys, but believe it or not, I've got a shed full of stuff never unpacked from that move.
I got my replacements from https://cl***icautoparts.com/?SID=jmqheaihh99ak4iceeojuqov23 No issues with fit at all six years ago,but as we all know vendors will buy offshore to make more profits so it's always a gamble.
I wonder if he was able to do it without pulling the cylinders out or did he pic the lock so he could pull them out and rekey that way.
Cylinders were not pulled out I'm sure. Not sure how he did it, but I believe he had some way of knowing how/where to file the key by hand until it worked. Maybe some old time locksmiths are on the Hamb that can answer that. I do not believe he changed the tumblers to match a key, if that's what you're asking. I'm sure the key was made to fit the tumbler.
I learned this the hard way and had to removed all of my locks including glove box and take them to a reputable lock smith to have them all re keyed. However I do know that a good lock smith can re key your locks right in the car. This being said if you have lubricated the locks in any way they are not able to re key your locks in the car. They have to be removed, dismantled and re pinned by hand. The lube apparently makes it impossible for the lock smith to do what ever it is he needs to do in order to make the keys patterns. I can't tell you why this is but that's what the lock smith explained to me at the time. I thought the guy was just full of **** so I contacted a separate lock smith and was told the same thing.
Not trying to steal the thread but instead of starting a whole new thread for a somewhat similar question, here I go. haha. Am I doing something wrong with my glovebox lock? The key goes in and turns both ways but I can not get it to actually slide down and open the glovebox. If I reach behind (since the actual box is gone) I can manually pull down on the latch and open it but not with the key. Would like to get this figured out prior to installing the glovebox housing since once one is in, I won't be able to reach behind anymore.
I am not able go out to my car at the moment but you should be able place your key in the lock and turn it completely one way (either clock wire or counter clock wise) until it stops turning and them you should be able to remove the key and the glove box will be locked (****on will not push in) put the key back in and turn it completely the opposite way until it stops and you should be able to remove the key and the ****on should depress and you can open the glove box door. If you are not able to do this then there is an issue with the locking system of your lock.
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