Lost My keys

[GILDIA]

I lost my keys for my Z, and I need to take the ignition lock out of the car, so a locksmith can make me a new set of keys, but how do I take the secutity bolts out?

Thank you

[MikeW]

I used a dremel tool to cut a notch in each security bolt. They then come out using a flat-bladed screwdriver.

[GILDIA]

Thanks Mike, I'll give it a try, hopefully i wouldnt brake anything

[hls30.com]

On several occasions, I have used an awl to prick punch several dents around the head of the bolt(close to the outer circumference of the head) and tap them tangentially to move the bolt around its path to out as well-not as quick as Mikes answer if you have a Dremmel handy, but deep in the Pick and Pull with just a few tools it does work!

Will

PS,

If the ignition lock is original, there should be a tag with the key number on the inside of the glove box(hopefully it isn't locked!). If your lock smith is as good as Bradley Lock and Key here in Savannah, they could make you up one from that.

Edited November 22, 2008 by hls30.com

[Unkle]

Why take it out ? Leave it in, call a locksmith , he'll come to the car and fit a key to it ! Takes 5-10 minutes .

[MikeW]

Why take it out ? Leave it in, call a locksmith , he'll come to the car and fit a key to it ! Takes 5-10 minutes .

Would there be a cost savings taking it directly to the locksmith versus having a service call on site?

[zbane]

Why take it out ? Leave it in, call a locksmith , he'll come to the car and fit a key to it ! Takes 5-10 minutes .

Not so in Mexico City, least that's not been my experience. It's far better just to take it (whatever "it" is) to them.

[EScanlon]

David is spot on.

When I lived in Mexico City, and later when I traveled there on business, it wouldn't be unusual to spend as much as 2 to 3 HOURS driving from one section of the city to another.... one way. Depending on the time of day, and where you were headed... it can cause a business trip to really get weird as far as itineraries.

The public transport system (subway) is sometimes the only fast way to get across town. However, sometimes that isn't the best way to go. Buses, taxis, are about the only way then. Then you get into the "Be careful of..." notices for American travellers in the lobby of your hotel, that alone can make your travel partners very very leary of commuting.

But Gil, the methods of removal mentioned are the best way to go. Either cut a notch into the screwhead so you can use a flat blade screwdriver, or hit it at an angle with a pin-punch to get it moving.

E

[Unkle]

No , I meant the actual work takes 5 - 10 minutes. Why not be sure and get a quote from a locksmith down there ? There must be millions of cars in that city - probably 50 locksmith shops too ! At least if they come to you, your ignition wont get '' lost '' in the transaction.

[EScanlon]

The kind of help that can/would arrive makes some people living in Mexico City very -- VERY careful as to whom they invite to their home. Let alone one that will have a copy of the main key for the car.

I'm not saying that ALL of the locksmiths that do make house calls in Mexico City are shady, just that some of those "locksmiths" who make house calls are looking for more than your lock to open.

While in the US we tend to take it for granted that anyone in business is trustworthy, in Mexico you learn soon enough that even those that are supposedly trustworthy are not.

In the past few years/decade there has been an incredible number of adult kidnappings of wealthy or well-to-do residents of Mexico, for money. Unfortunately, both paid for and not paid for, your chances of making it ... aren't very good.

This is why if I were still living in the D.F., I'd remove the lock and then go to the best locksmith in the city... and pay cash.

Just MY 2¢

E

[zbane]

Now there are quite a few Nissan dealers in DF, as well as quite a few still very operational Datsuns (510s, mainly, though I have seen a couple S130s rolling around). A decent refaccionera should be able to get a hold of a lock cylinder, if it comes to that, and of course there's always the Zona Rosa.

[Unkle]

Paranoia self destroya :eek: