Re-keying your locks, The how-to thread Options

[markb]

I was re-keying a lock for someone today, and thought it might be a good time to take some pictures & explain how you can do this yourself. It’s not rocket science, if I can do it, anyone can do it. Please correct me if I’m wrong, or use the wrong terminology.

I’ll start with a door handle, because that seems to be what needs to be re-keyed the most.


Your standard 914 door handle.

[markb]

Ok, moving on to the ignition switch. tumbler There are differences in the early (70-71) and the later (72-76), and I believe there are even differences in the 72-74 to 75-76, but I haven’t knowingly done the 75-76 years, so I can’t state that for a fact. What I’ll do is show the 70-71 and the 72-up side by side.

On the left is the early switch, tumbler & housing, and on the right the later switch, tumbler & housing. If I get the names for things wrong, someone please correct me.
I’m going to start with the later tumbler, because they seem to be the most common in use.
To remove the tumbler from the housing, there is a small hole that you put a small punch tip or screwdriver tip into that will release the tumbler. If you look at the early switch, you can see this hole. I *believe* the hole has to be drilled in a new housing, but I’ve never run across one that didn’t have the hole.
I’ll be using a standard Porsche tumbler to re-key.
These are the tools I tend to use for re-keying ignition tumblers.

A couple of small needlenose pliers, one set curved, at least on punch, 1/16 in size, and a small hammer.