Lock Question - What Did The Original Factory Key Look Like?

[FastWoman]

Yup, Chinese door locks, a Taiwanese cylinder in my original ignition lock assembly, and a NOS Nissan hatch lock. Strangely, the Chinese/Taiwanese stuff now seems to work more smoothly than the Nissan hatch lock. Go figure.

[sblake01]

I bought some of the OEM blanks (KEY00-00056) about 5 or 6 years ago. They look exactly like the ones posted by siteunseen (with the 'N' and the words 'Nissan Motor'). The only difference was that the blanks didn't have the number stamped under the words 'Nissan Motor'.

[Captain Obvious]

Yup, Chinese door locks, a Taiwanese cylinder in my original ignition lock assembly, and a NOS Nissan hatch lock.

That's what I'm going to have when I'm done except I'm going to reuse my original hatch lock at least for the time being.

I suspect the reason the doors and ignition work more smoothly is because of the internal design. All the springs (in all of the locks) push the tumblers in the same direction, and this causes some issues. Seems the hatch lock doesn't seem to do as well of a job centering the key in the tumblers as the doors and ignition and because of this, it can be finicky.

So if you don't mind me asking... What $$ did they get you for a NOS hatch lock? :bandit:

Also, did you remember to get your glove compartment lock keyed to the rest of the car?

Edited March 24, 2012 by Captain Obvious