So, after spending most of the day screwing around with replacing the ignition switch in the 70 duster, ive discoveredthat the failure was in the lock cylinder that could have been replaced with about 15 minutes of work. berkeley.
Anyway, instead of changing every lock in the car at a greatly increased price, i ordered just the ignition.
Can it be re-keyed at home to use my existingkeys? Or do i deal with different door/ignition keys?
I don't know if it can be re-keyed at home. Any locksmith should be able to do it. Or just pretend its an old Chevy and it had different ignition keys and lock keys from the factory.
It's doable but not particularly easy. Worth farming out imo.
I had to replace a lock assembly in a Dodge neon that was ruined by a thief who used a shaved key. The key was stuck in the lock. My locksmith rekeyed the new one to my original key for a few bucks.
Wouldn't a 70 Duster have two keys anyway? If the ignition, doors and trunk are all the same, I'm pretty sure somebody other than Chrysler made it that way.
And yes, a locksmith can recode the lock in no time.
Im sure you can diy it. I did it to fix an e30 door lock once and getting the damn cylinder in and out of the door was by far the hardest part.
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