I'm an idiot and lost the key to my 63 Volvo. Volvo dealer can't help since it's too old. They suggested removing the cylinder and taking it to a locksmith.
Does anyone know if there are any online services that can cut me one using info from the VIN?
Thanks!!
Maybe try contacing IPD and see if they have any advise?
Following, as I can't find anyone to cut a trunk key that works in my 72 Chevy. I even actually have a working key. It's just so worn out that I'm afraid it will break. The problem is it's too worn for a modern cutter to track the slots accurately.
FWIW, when I needed another key for my ’84 Porsche, our local, old-school locksmith was able to make it.
And the PS: I bet I spent like half an hour at the locksmith as they had to look up numbers and stuff.
Finally, the bill: “Let’s see, that’ll be $5.95.”
The new keys work as good as the ones that came with the car.
In reply to 4cylndrfury :
A good locksmith should be able to hand-cut one by looking at the old key. They usually can't be machine-cut.
If you can get a blank, a good locksmith can even make the key to the lock if you don't have an existing key. I had a mobile locksmith do that on an OBS F150 a few years ago.
At least once a month I deliver the ignition cylinder, door locks and trunk locks for random, vintage Italian and British cars to our local locksmith and have them give them a clean, inspection and make new keys for them. Even the young guys there have no issue.
Are Volvo door locks the same as the ignition ?
on old aircooled VWs the ignition and door locks have a key code and a Curtis key cutter can cut to code.
UPDATE: Here is a post on the Volvo forum , seems the ignition and door keys are not the same ,
https://turbobricks.com/index.php?threads/ignition-door-gas-cap-keys-missing.308489/
Another vote for the local locksmith......I needed a spare key for the OEM locking gas cap on my Mini - yes I could have simply replaced the cap but like I said - original - my local guy even had the right blank! Last one of those he'll ever make I'll bet....
I needed spare keys made for my Mini Innocenti 1300 Export, I did a lot of internet sleuthing and found they used a blank from a French mfr, which made sense since the car was actually built in Belgium. (A British car made by an Italian manufacturer built in Belgium.....) After a little look around on Ebay France I found some blanks and Mr. Locksmith had them done in a jiff.......they all worked perfectly too.
This guy on Ebay has a blank for $8.95 and can cut it to code
https://www.ebay.com/itm/255905481557
you might email him and ask where you can find your key code .
IPD sells a tumbler and new keys for $80 and VP auto parts sells key blanks for $5 and change. Probably cheaper to go with the new tumbler and keys though I'd imagine.
Thanks to all those who commented.
Anyone have a link to a youtube video or article covering how to remove the volvos's ignition tumbler?
I think finding an old school locksmith is still the best choice, they should be able to make a key to work with your existing ignition. Your profile says you're in Cincinnatti, that's a big enough city that there should be several of them around. Whatever you do, make sure you get a couple keys so you have a spare.
When I worked at a locksmiths shop, when confronted with a worn key, the owner would take a new key blank and use non-worn keys to make a new unworn key.
There are only five or so tumblers with six or so discrete dimensions, so if you have good keys, even wrong good keys, they can be used to eyeball the depths and locations.
Whenever doing this, though, he always requested that the lock the key is for be present so he could test it and adjust as necessary. It's a science but it's an artful science.
He's dead now,but I walked in to an old time locksmith shop wit a worn out, broken key. The old dude looked at it carefully, wrote down five or six numbers on a pad, and cut me a perfect key.
The Volvo, if you can get the lock out of the dash, can be deciphered quite easily, again by a decent locksmith.
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