Originally Posted by
HardyWeinberg
When I got a new door for my '73 Dodge Dart I took the lock apart to rearrange the tumblers, little lifty/droppy things, to use my regular door key. Didn't work, so I took the tumbler things out. At that point, the door would still lock but any flat thing that fit into the keyhole would unlock it. That served admirably for the rest of the car's life.
I would have thought for a modern car with a beepy lock you could just reprogram it or the key to maintain all around access, but I guess not?
No key (or blank key) is a bad idea in my hood. Especially since my car was broken into with the cylinder pushed into the door. You usually can add a new key to the car. But that assumes that the lock is in working order. I think the mechanic had to replace the cylinder with a new one and could not rekey for the existing one. Oh well. It appears that getting some parts like I needed for the door handle mechanism are getting harder to find for my 18yr old Audi. No local dealers had them and the mechanic had to order them from Canada. Yeeay.
Sorry for the wandering a bit off topic...