[FC] instrument panel question

[Paul Steinberg]

The factory numbers were always stamped..... the replacement locks didn't have
a stamped number unless it was ordered with a key.  Don't know what the inked
numbers would be..... Paul in CT
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: mopar
  To: corvanatics@corvair.org
  Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 2:05 PM
  Subject: Re: RE: [FC] instrument panel question


  Those should be the numbers, but take the cylinder along anyway to try the
  key.
  Gary Swiatowy

  >On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 08:33:24 -0500 "Keith Hammett"
  <khammett@stainlessfab.com> wrote.
  >On a '65 vert that I am taking parts off of I do not have the keys.  In
  >taking the door apart I got the lock out and noticed some ink stamped
  >numbers on the lock.  Are these the numbers that I need for a new key so I
  >can save the ignition switch?
  >
  >Keith (keyless) Hammett
  >
  >
  >-----Original Message-----
  >From: corvanatics-admin@corvair.org
  >[mailto:corvanatics-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Paul Steinberg
  >Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:07 PM
  >To: corvanatics@corvair.org
  >Subject: Re: [FC] instrument panel question
  >
  >
  >You need the ignition key to remove the lock cylinder first and then you
  can
  >finish unscrewing the bezel nut.  Put the ignition key into the lock
  >cylinder
  >and turn it to the left as far as it will go.  Then depress the release
  >button
  >by pushing a paper clip into the small hole on the lock cylinder face.
  >While
  >doing this, continue to turn the key to the left and the cylinder will pop
  >out.  Reverse the directions to reinstall the cylinder, however it is not
  >neccessary to push the plunger in again.... While you have the lock
  cylinder
  >out, if you look on the side of it, you will see the key number is stamped
  >into the cylinder.  Record this number in the event that you ever loose
the
  >key........ Paul in CT
  >  ----- Original Message -----
  >  From: Wild8bill@aol.com
  >  To: corvanatics@corvair.org
  >  Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:58 PM
  >  Subject: [FC] instrument panel question
  >
  >
  >  When I got my '61 Greenbriar a month or so ago, it came with the back
  >filled
  >  with spare parts. One of the spare instrument clusters is in much better
  >shape
  >  than the one installed, and I'm trying to take it completely apart to
  swap
  >  switches, etc. I'm down to the ignition switch, and I can't figure it
  out.
  >I
  >  have the outer bezel loose, and the inner retaining ring loose, but the
  >outer
  >  bezel doesn't fit over the key slot housing. There's a little pin hole
in
  >the
  >  face, and I tried poking it with a wire (I can feel a spring loaded
  >something
  >  inside) and pulling or twisting, but I can't remove the key slot bezel.
  >What's
  >  the trick?
  >
  >  Bill
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