Key question

[DirtyComanche]

21 hours ago, SoCalJeepComanche said:

I have a 91+ column and 97+ doors.  I rekeyed the doors and glove box to match the ignition lock with the newer black plastic "Jeep" key.

 

I'm a big fan of re-keying.  Every locked door in my home is a single key and I made sure to do the same with my Jeep.  I can't imaging having 2 or more keys for the various locks in my vehicle.

The advantage of the two keys was you could go outside and start it in the winter, but still be able to lock the door (and get back in later).

 

Personally I preferred the worn out ignition cylinder for that, just start it and remove the key.  That way you weren't messing around with keys on carabiners or anything.

 

 

Anyway, the key thing is a fight on an early XJ.  The lock cylinder for the tailgate is NLA the last I looked, and good luck getting the parts to rekey them.

[boxyjeep]

On 8/19/2022 at 8:21 AM, DirtyComanche said:

The advantage of the two keys was you could go outside and start it in the winter, but still be able to lock the door (and get back in later).

 

Personally I preferred the worn out ignition cylinder for that, just start it and remove the key.  That way you weren't messing around with keys on carabiners or anything.

 

 

Anyway, the key thing is a fight on an early XJ.  The lock cylinder for the tailgate is NLA the last I looked, and good luck getting the parts to rekey them.

 

To be fair, you could achieve the winter warm up with two of the same keys too... ;-)

 

When I was in the process of rekeying my door locks and glove box, I would accumulate key cylinders when I went to the junkyard.  I was then able to pull the tumblers out of them to re-key to match my ignition cylinder (which cannot easily be re-keyed).  Same thing can probably be done with 91-96 rear hatch cylinders.