JHowell37

Sorry you had to learn the hard way that the dealers are incompetent when it comes to getting keys made, and Porsche isn't any better. Try
www.keys4classics.com

Yes, it's safe. No, someone will not intercept the photo of your car and make a key so they can steal it (as long as you make sure to wear your tinfoil hat when you send the photo.)

I've used them with excellent results, and so have many others.

Hilton

Check post 5 in this excellent thread for how it goes back together

https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...larm-lock.html



Thanks to Bill Ball for the awesome pictures

Bill Ball

Yeah, Dan, it puzzled me for awhile too. Here's what it should look like when on correctly.

Stan.Shaw@Excell.Net

A testimonial to 928 Int'l:

I had a different driver door lock key, so I removed the lock and sent it with its matching key as well as the ignition key to 928 Intl. Note, this was the only keys I had to the car, so I insured it for $1k.

Tom re-shimmed the lock to match the ignition key. The cost to have this done was only $45, and I had the lock back in less than 1 week (including the twice cross country mailings).

I also had a second key made, and it works as desired too.

So, for those who aren't looking to take the lock apart themselves, there is a low cost quick solution.

pcar928fan

GOOD TO KNOW! I might have to do that for my passenger door lock on my '92 GTS...it does not match! Should have done this with a spare key for my '81 vs. ordering a factory lock cylinder for like a ZILLION dollars! Maybe I can send that back...

Bmw635

I am trying to rekey my ignition tumbler so it's smoother but I can't remove the pin housing. Does the ignition tumbler need to drill out the pin to remove the housing? Thanks.

Mark Anderson

We drill a very small hole next to the pin and pry it out

Bmw635

I drilled a small angle hole on the ignition housing to pull the tumbler housing, so the pin housing in the tumbler requires the same method?

You can't just insert the key to flatten the pin to pull out like most other cars? Could the wear on the pin leaving it uneven so it still binding against the inside housing, can't pull key out? The key require some twaeking to turn so I suspect the pin is not retracting fully. Thanks.

Wisconsin Joe

There is a difference between the pin that holds everything in place, and the "tumbler pins" that make the lock 'lock.'

The pin that holds everything in place is a simple drift pin. There's no way to get behind it, so it has to be drilled out. Unfortunately, the pin is harder than the cylinder body. Drilling it is a pain.

When I did mine, I simply tapped the hole the pin goes in and put in a little setscrew. I took a normal screw, cut it off and cut a slot in the shaft. Little bit of blue locktite to hold it in place and it was good.

Randy V

10 years later my legacy of assistance lives on.

V-Fib

Yes that rekey kit was a pretty rare bird. Haven't seen another since. Hopefully the RL'ster I sold it to did the same and it is still making the rounds.....

and yes, Randy, I still appreciate that!

waynestrutt

This may help also

https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...ne-strutt.html

Hilton

When I needed to re-key a couple of locks, I bought a couple of used 928 locks for parts and made my own kit.

Mark Anderson

We have a good supply of used locks ( non alarm) w/o keys for $15 each

Bmw635

Cool, I'll swing by tomorrow to get some to experiment before messing up mine. Thanks Mark.