Speaking of Audi locks..

[Ameer Antar]

I think all of the 5k's are like this. I did the same thing and it works 
fine. You have to have keep all the brass pieces in order and clean 
otherwise it won't work. Pretty easy job when you have both locks sitting 
next to each other. I forget what I used for lub....I think it had 
petroleum jelly already on there...Anyone know what yer s'posed to use?


At 10:12 AM 10/9/00, you wrote:
>Martin -
>
>On my car ('87 5k), I was able to remove the lock cylinder from the new
>and old door handles, note the arrangement of the little brass wafers in
>the old lock, and rearrange the wafers in the new lock to match. Not
>much to it. I don't know if all keys use the same wafers, just in
>different combinations; you might have to reuse your old wafers in your
>new lock.
>
>- Wallace
>   '87 5kcstq 166k
>
>"Martin W. N. Suryadarma" wrote:
> >
> > Someone broke into my car and destroyed the front pass locks. So I got a
> > replacement lock assembly, but obviously it doesn't work with my key.
> > I've been calling around locksmiths to make it fit my key. Most of them
> > don't do Audis or european cars. I have only found 1 so far, and he's
> > gonna charge $45 for it. Is this a normal price?
> >
> > Martin