Locks

[dropframe]

Anyone know of a locksmith on the lakeside of Wisconsin who can reasonable fix the tumblers on my '93 LC? I only found 1 person in sheboygan co. who is willing to do it, and they want $150 a lock - seems very high from what I have read on the forums - but who knows?

Anyone have any thoughts? I would like to lock my vehicle when I go into milwaukee and madison....

 

[woody]

Are you taking the lock in to be repaired, or having them do the removal/reinstall?

Removal isn't tough, I did my drivers door recently...

 

[dropframe]

The only pace in sheboygan country that would mess with car locks wanted $100/per lock to refresh, and $50/per lock to remove and re-install.

It didn't inspire my confidence that he kept saying that he was going to be having toyota look at them.

Also mud searches keep showing up with people saying they paid between $15-$50 a lock for a refresh - but that could also be internet braggers, so who knows

I'm just looking for someplace reasonable - and I don't know what reasonable is yet.

 

[woody]

my suggestion is to remove it yourself and take it in....

Contact Doug at Auto-Dynamics - Main - he's a Jeep guy, but pretty normal otherwise, and his brother is smart enough to own Cruisers...tell him I sent you, and ask him for a locksmith recommendation...he may have one in that area...

 

[dropframe]

I'll call 'em up and ask - but is $100 a lock a normal price?

 

[Hank]

No, not a normal price here. We do most locks in 15 minutes once they are on the bench. I have only had one Toyota cylinder apart though and that was my 90 Fj62, that was a simple take apart, clean and reassemble. It took one hour to get it out, 15 minutes to put it back in and reassemble the door. When we send a cylinder down town to our local locksmith we have never paid over $50.

 

[poster1]

I had to build up a lock cylinder for a Ford a few years back after someone used a hammer and screwdriver to get in. Ford had a kit with all the possible tumbler combinations. I built the new one up by matching the parts to what was left of the old one.

It was pretty easy to do and now I know how a lock cylinder works. I would think Toyota would have a similar kit.

 

[SliderJack]

Let us know how it works out because I'll need to have one done.