Grandpa's truck

[jodawill]

I plan to change the ignition lock cylinder soon. Unfortunately, that means my grandpa's keys won't work anymore. I was, however, with some difficulty, able to track down the same key blanks he used. There were several eBay listings of similar blanks, but the others weren't made in the USA.

 

They're not 100% identical, but that really just seems to come down to poor quality control or the lack of precision and attention to detail when they originally manufactured these. They're close enough that I couldn't really describe the difference in words.

 

The original Jeep logo keys are much easier to find. He never used his, but I'll recreate those too when I get the new lock.

[OSCDumpTruck]

2 hours ago, jodawill said:

I plan to change the ignition lock cylinder soon. Unfortunately, that means my grandpa's keys won't work anymore. I was, however, with some difficulty, able to track down the same key blanks he used. There were several eBay listings of similar blanks, but the others weren't made in the USA.

 

They're not 100% identical, but that really just seems to come down to poor quality control or the lack of precision and attention to detail when they originally manufactured these. They're close enough that I couldn't really describe the difference in words.

 

The original Jeep logo keys are much easier to find. He never used his, but I'll recreate those too when I get the new lock.

I could be wrong, but pretty sure you can have a locksmith key your new cylinder to the original keys.

[jodawill]

7 hours ago, OSCDumpTruck said:

I could be wrong, but pretty sure you can have a locksmith key your new cylinder to the original keys.

 

I'm going to check into it when I get the new cylinder, but as far as I can tell so far, that isn't possible with these. They're not meant to be serviceable.

 

Either way though, that original key isn't going to work in a working cylinder.