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| mepstein |
 Feb 5 2020, 12:20 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting  Group: Members Posts: 19,279 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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Is there any way to release the steering lock if I can’t find the key? It’s a ‘74.
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| sixnotfour |
Feb 5 2020, 01:23 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,432 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Grab a bunch of keys from work,,,,I got lucky a few times doing the jiggly wiggly..
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| rhodyguy |
Feb 5 2020, 01:55 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,081 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Call a mobile locksmith. Ask if they can read the tumbler with a soft blank key. IMPORTANT! Or the wheel off, take the stalk assems out and the tumbler to a locksmith to read it. It took the locksmith less than 30 minutes to cut me 2 keys that worked perfectly for the 73'. What's your time and hassle factor worth?
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| dlee6204 |
Feb 5 2020, 05:50 PM
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Howdy Group: Members Posts: 2,162 Joined: 30-April 06 From: Burnsville, NC Member No.: 5,956 |
QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Feb 5 2020, 02:23 PM)  Grab a bunch of keys from work,,,,I got lucky a few times doing the jiggly wiggly.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Try another 914 key. I've had that work for me before. |
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| rgalla9146 |
Feb 5 2020, 09:16 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,559 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None
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Do you know if the key worked any of the other locks on the car ?
Bring one of those assemblies to a locksmith. |
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| ClayPerrine |
Feb 6 2020, 11:20 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,474 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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Take all the lock cylinders off the car. Take them to a locksmith and have him rekey them all the same. Then have him cut a new steel key from the ignition lock. Get a second steel key cut on one side only. The one sided key won't work in the locks, but it will work to cut new keys, and it will never wear out. So you always have a key template to cut keys.
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| mepstein |
Feb 6 2020, 01:23 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,279 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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I found a total of 18 extra keys and the very last one I tried worked the ignition. It was from a parts car I had cut up but luckily it works.
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| rhodyguy |
Feb 6 2020, 02:38 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,081 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Nice. Make copies.
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| mepstein |
Feb 6 2020, 03:58 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,279 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Tomorrow it gets put on a trailer and delivered to Scott Amerson in OH for some Suby love.
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| bretth |
Feb 6 2020, 04:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 899 Joined: 23-June 15 From: Central TX Member No.: 18,882 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Wow 1 out of 18 keys fit? That seems like such a relatively low number of different key combinations Porsche made for the 914.
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| mepstein |
Feb 6 2020, 05:07 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,279 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Each wafer has four sizes and there are 10 wafers in a lock core. I got lucky.
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| sb914 |
Feb 6 2020, 05:36 PM
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Surf Guru Group: Members Posts: 4,304 Joined: 25-November 12 From: Brookings,Oregon Member No.: 15,191 Region Association: Southern California
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At Wcr in San Simeon @StratPlayer lost his keys,about 20 of us tried our keys none worked. He later found them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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