lelandEOD
SILVER Star
I’m a bit stuck here and could use some advice from more experienced members of the group.
One of my pet peeve’s with older cars is the necessity for multiple keys. I recently purchased a new ignition and door lock set from Toyota. I now have the ignition, front doors, locking fuel cap, and fuel filler door on one master key.
The trick now is to figure out how I can adapt a lock cylinder for the rear hatch to work with the master key.
At first, I thought I could just have a spare fuel door lock cylinder re-keyed to work with the master key. I installed it last night and quickly realized the plan will not work because the key remains ‘captive’ in the unlocked position (you cannot remove the key from the cylinder, except in the ‘locked’ position).
If I stick with this, I will have to leave my keys dangling in the lock cylinder while the hatch is open (If I open the hatch and turn the cylinder to remove the key, I risk forgetting to re-insert the key and unlock it before trying to close the hatch lid). Inadvertently slamming the hatch lid closed with the handle locked will probably break something, right?
Is it possible to modify a lock cylinder to release the key in either the locked or unlocked position?
I was also disappointed in the one cylinder I had a local shop rekey. They pryed off the lock face cap and it looks a little boogered now. I spent way too much time this morning scouring lock supply wholesalers for replacement Toyota cylinder face caps without much luck. None of the local locksmiths even seem to have the crimping tools needed to properly install a new lock face cap and none of them seem to care much for what I’m trying to acomplish.
Thoughts?
One of my pet peeve’s with older cars is the necessity for multiple keys. I recently purchased a new ignition and door lock set from Toyota. I now have the ignition, front doors, locking fuel cap, and fuel filler door on one master key.
The trick now is to figure out how I can adapt a lock cylinder for the rear hatch to work with the master key.
At first, I thought I could just have a spare fuel door lock cylinder re-keyed to work with the master key. I installed it last night and quickly realized the plan will not work because the key remains ‘captive’ in the unlocked position (you cannot remove the key from the cylinder, except in the ‘locked’ position).
If I stick with this, I will have to leave my keys dangling in the lock cylinder while the hatch is open (If I open the hatch and turn the cylinder to remove the key, I risk forgetting to re-insert the key and unlock it before trying to close the hatch lid). Inadvertently slamming the hatch lid closed with the handle locked will probably break something, right?
Is it possible to modify a lock cylinder to release the key in either the locked or unlocked position?
I was also disappointed in the one cylinder I had a local shop rekey. They pryed off the lock face cap and it looks a little boogered now. I spent way too much time this morning scouring lock supply wholesalers for replacement Toyota cylinder face caps without much luck. None of the local locksmiths even seem to have the crimping tools needed to properly install a new lock face cap and none of them seem to care much for what I’m trying to acomplish.
Thoughts?