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Help! Missing key for the back panel of my P.O.W game
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: JeepMonkey on August 10, 2007, 06:11:06 pm ---Was this lock the type like a car key or was it one of the round keys like on a deep freezer/bicycle lock?
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Yah, the former type is easy to pick once you practice, the later pretty easy if you have the tools (and sometimes a hollow ball point pen is the tool). The cab I bought had two of the former (one front, one back), and it came with the key key to the front one. I couldn't reach the back one (above the monitor) from the open coin front of the cab, so I practiced picking the front one with online instructions, and the back came off far quicker than the time it took to do the front one while I practiced.
Smallish slot screwdriver and a long thin metal shim (street sweeper "hairs" are supposed to be great), stick the screwdriver in while leaving space for the shim to fit, gently but firmly put turning pressure with the screwdriver, and rake the shim against the tumblers (back to front) (twice for me with the back) and bingo. The biggest problems I had while practicing was learning the correct pressure to use with the screwdriver, and more important, which direction to turn. ;D
I saw another large wood box with the same type lock got into by just brute force turning the lock; the part that caught the wood gorged the wood, leaving nothing to catch onto. After that the lock, still in "perfect condition" and "locked", was like a nonlockable turn latch on that box. It was replaced with the same type lock, but with the catching teeth a different distance from middle, with no problems.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on August 10, 2007, 07:20:41 pm ---Smallish slot screwdriver and a long thin metal shim (street sweeper "hairs" are supposed to be great), stick the screwdriver in while leaving space for the shim to fit, gently but firmly put turning pressure with the screwdriver, and rake the shim against the tumblers (back to front) (twice for me with the back) and bingo. The biggest problems I had while practicing was learning the correct pressure to use with the screwdriver, and more important, which direction to turn. ;D
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When you don't have the key, what's the point? Not saying it's not a useful skill. My own bicycle lock was one of the first ones I ever picked. But without the key, on these types of locks, you're better off just mangling the lock and throwing it away.
BTW, auto ignition keys are rarely ever picked. Speed is the key and most people who um... practice on ignition keys usually don't have a good skill basis anyways. :dunno
Ninten-doh:
Okay fellas. As fate would have it, I too recently acquired a P.O.W. with no keys. However, my attempt at drilling out the lock in the back door was unsuccessful so far. I don't know whether I just haven't drilled far enough in or what. Will the lock just sorta fall apart when I drill through far enough or at some point do I need to stop and jam a screwdriver in there and try to get the thing to turn? I feel like such a dope. :dizzy:
SirPeale:
Sometimes you can drill out a lock in just a couple minutes and yes, it'll just fall apart. And sometimes, the damn thing is just a PITA, and you'll have to drill more and more, sometimes even to the point of drilling thru the screw holding the cam onto the back.
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on August 11, 2007, 01:43:52 am ---When you don't have the key, what's the point [of pincking the lock instead of drilling]?
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Besides these posts?
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on July 22, 2007, 12:26:47 am ---Check around inside, like inside the coin door itself. I thought I didn't have a key and the person before me didn't have one either. So as I'm pulling my coin door apart to clean and inspect it, the key to the back door was hanging on a small coil spring on one of the coin mechs. Go figure. ::)
The forum has a number of posts similar to mine. Make sure you don't have the key before you drill out the lock.
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--- Quote from: Stobe on July 22, 2007, 01:16:39 am ---Add me to the list of those that have drilled out a lock, just to find the key at the bottom of the cab. :banghead:
-Stobe
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How about I'm a wuss? ;D
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