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Nitemare

Lifer
Feb 8, 2001
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Screwdriver into the ignition and turn?

Dunno, but it seems to work in the movies

Pay someone to hotwire it for you, then drive to dealer?
 

Wduaqnug

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Mar 8, 2002
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PROBLEM SOLVED: $260 out the door

some two young guys came from locksmith, like proffesional hijackers, it was so easy to fix and car repair shops not specialize in lock so dont know, they told me car needed to be towed, new cylinder from dealership, plus they have drill out old one. this guys came unscrewed 1 screw, remove plastic on steering wheel poped the old cylinder put new pins in it, whole thing took about 3minutes. I am out of $260 but I can go to work tommorow
 

dmcowen674

No Lifer
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Originally posted by: Wduaqnug
PROBLEM SOLVED: $260 out the door

some two young guys came from locksmith, like proffesional hijackers, it was so easy to fix and car repair shops not specialize in lock so dont know, they told me car needed to be towed, new cylinder from dealership, plus they have drill out old one. this guys came unscrewed 1 screw, remove plastic on steering wheel poped the old cylinder put new pins in it, whole thing took about 3minutes. I am out of $260 but I can go to work tommorow

Glad you're going again.

So the Locksmith's had parts to fix an auto cyclinder???

Why did it cost $260 for pins???

 

Wduaqnug

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its emergency call thats how locksmith make their money during bad weather. they had to come form another borough locksmith even for home locks run about $200