You could try this place in Michigan 1-248-373-2300
http://www.partsplaceinc.com they sell matched lock sets minus the gas cap
for around $90 or so. They might be cheaper than a locksmith. Or they might
be able to help you with yours.


"Papa" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> I've decided to bite the bullet and go to a locksmith.
>
> Here is the latest snafu. The new left door and right door locks I just
> purchased each includes a key that fits only that lock. I figured that it
> would be easy to match up all of my car lock tumblers except the ignition
> and gas cap to the tumblers in one of these new locks. I thought that all
> that would be necessary would be to just take the cylinder out of one of
the
> new locks, write down the tumbler numbers for the 7 tumblers, and which
slot
> they were located in, and then copy that arrangement to all of my other
> locks - including the other new lock.
>
> Well, as usual, things weren't that easy. On the old lock tumblers (no
keys
> available for them) that were in my car originally, the numbers 1,2,3, or
4
> were stamped onto each tumbler. But the tumblers for the new locks had no
> numbers stamped on them at all. Instead, they each had very hard to see
> little notches cut into the edges of the tumblers. So I counted the
notches
> for several of the tumblers, only to find out that every tumbler in each
of
> the new locks had exactly the same number of notches - yet there were
slight
> dimensional differences in each tumbler. So there was no way, other than
> very tedious trial and error, to match up the tumblers.
>
> Aaarggg!!
>
>