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Key does not turn in the ignition

roveroverme

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So I finally got my 1028 here and thanks to our awesome fellow member Mark, I have one Key that at lest locks the doors.
I bought a CUCV key off of the bay and it doesn't work on the doors nor the ignition. This brings me to a question. How can I get the thing working the easy way?
I tried wiggling a lot… and wiggling and turning the wheel… and wiggling and turning the wheel and swearing periodically. None worked with either Key. I even sprayed the lock with a a squirt wd40. So what's next?
 

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Contact Recovry4x4 and get a correct key. Some of the ones on fleabay are cut wrong.

Also the ignition switch may have been changed and none of the stock keys will work
 
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roveroverme

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warthog, You sir, are the Man.
Thank you.
it was pretty tricky to get the truck of the trailer without steering and to get the trailer kind of in a descent position. Now the truck is in the swell and should make it onto the driveway pronto before the city gives me grief.
 

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Contact Recovry4x4 and get a correct key. Some of the ones on fleabay are cut wrong.

Also the ignition switch may have been changed and none of the stock keys will work
The key I left him was a correct cut. I had 10 made from an original and all of them have worked on a variety of CUCVs so I'm guessing his ignition has been swapped out or at least mangled to some degree that the key doesn't work.
 

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Best thing to do is just change all three locks. Then you have the right key, and you don't have a lock that can be opened with a key that is readily available and identified with that vehicle.
 
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roveroverme

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Mark was a great help with his Key. The driver door is a bit bent out of shape, so I didn't even try the key there. The pass door got a dent at that spot , too, but not quite as bad.
There are some missing parts I replaced first like the missing hoses of the hydroboost to the PS gear. But Turning the Key is kind of the next thing I wanted to do.
Now I am betting a sunshining lizard that removing the tumbler of the ignition is a big time pain, am I right?
 

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Not really.

As I recall, It is detailed in the TM, either 20 or 34.
 

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Pretty easy actually. Helps a bunch to have a lockplate remover. Sure Autozone or the like rents them. I concur with most folks, ignition is changed or munged up.
 
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