Re: 3 Door Handle/Lock Questions

[Wallace White <wallace@remdesign.com>]

> Does anyone know how to set the door locks on an 86 5k to a different key?
> My driver's door handle went out this weekend. I found a cheap/temporary
> replacement off a parts car and installed it. The only downside for now is
> that I have to unlock the car with a different key than the one that goes
> with the car.

I _believe_ that the cylinders use all the same wafers, just in
different arrangements. At least that was the case on my 5k. Take apart
your old lock cylinder and very carefully remove each of the little
bronze wafers, laying out the wafers in order. Then do the same with
your new lock cylinder, and see if you can't arrange the new wafers in
the same orientations. I imagine that you can, but even if not you can
swap in the old wafers into your new lock cylinder.

> Lastly, since I changed the door handle last weekend the door seems to be
> alot more harsh when opening and closing. It takes greater force to get the
> door to close fully. Anything I can adjust?

As Huw said, you can loosen the post and move it around. You can also
replace it or simply swap posts from a different door, to get a fresh
plastic bushing to make it close nicely.

- Wallace
  '87 5kcstq 161k