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90 Jetta Carat Drivers Door Handle
Bernd Felsche wrote:
> > Once you've gone as far as extracting the lock cylinders, it's not > a big deal to match the locks to the original keys. > > I've discovered that I'd already preserved a copy of my article for > "posterity" in my www-trove at > http://Bernd.Felsche.org/tech/Swap_Lock_Tumblers > Thanks, it's saved here as well, and I enjoyed your site as well. Les |
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90 Jetta Carat Drivers Door Handle
Irv > wrote:
>Bernd Felsche wrote: >> wrote: >>> Bernd > wrote: >>>> You can use the old lock cylinders in the new handles. >> >>> If you reuse the lock cylinder, note that you want to insert >>> the old key in the old lock first. That keeps the "lock plates" in >>> their retracted position and prevents them from flying all over the >>> place when you remove the cylinder. >> >>> Once the key is in, remove the screw on the end of the lock >>> cylinder and transfer the cylinder to the new handle. Make sure to >>> get the funky round spring and the forked piece in the correct >>> position (note their positions before disassembling). >> >> I posted a lengthy article on the process of swapping lock plates to >> new cylinders in 1993. Perhaps it'll be of some use. >> > >> >> Hopefully you can find a copy of it somewhere online. Else I'll have >> to fetch some coal and stoke the boiler to start an old computer. >Thanks, yes I figure I'll take the old one apart first and if there's >no disaster I'll transfer, otherwise I'll have an extra key on my keyring. Once you've gone as far as extracting the lock cylinders, it's not a big deal to match the locks to the original keys. I've discovered that I'd already preserved a copy of my article for "posterity" in my www-trove at http://Bernd.Felsche.org/tech/Swap_Lock_Tumblers (None of the contact info in the preserved article works.) >If my son gets a VW that will be 4 in the immediate family. >None known of in the extended family, but then we don't keep in >touch. -- /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | For every complex problem there is an X against HTML mail | answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. / \ and postings | --HL Mencken |
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