'40 Super trunk handle lock removal

[Drakeule]

Anybody know how to remove the keyed section from the trunk handle barrel? I imagine that they are mostly the same from year to year?

Thanks,

CD, Potomac, Md.

[JFranklin]

I usually go to a locksmith and get some extra keys while there.

[2carb40]

19 hours ago, Drakeule said:

Anybody know how to remove the keyed section from the trunk handle barrel? I imagine that they are mostly the same from year to year?

Thanks,

CD, Potomac, Md.

I had a number of locks I had no keys for. At the lock shop I asked if they could cut new by the numbers. Response; we have three large rings with many keys salvaged. You can take the outside and see if you can find correct ones, trial/error. There are not all that many different ones. Twenty minutes later they cut six brand new keys with GM blanks, ten bucks. Won't happen at Home Despot or equivalent, but maybe an independent and experienced locksmith. Good luck! I had extra keys cut just to try that option if needed later.

[JFranklin]

You maybe saved $20. by having to do it yourself.

[Drakeule]

OK all and many thanks, but I am getting a NOS trunk handle, and I simply want to transfer the lock mechanism ( i.e., using the original key) from the old handle to the new. What is the secret to getting the lock portion out of the old one?

 

Thanks,

CD 

[JFranklin]

Why not use a locksmith? Springs and pins flying apart isn't fun.

[pont35cpe]

21 hours ago, Drakeule said:

OK all and many thanks, but I am getting a NOS trunk handle, and I simply want to transfer the lock mechanism ( i.e., using the original key) from the old handle to the new. What is the secret to getting the lock portion out of the old one?

 

Thanks,

CD 

Trunk/door handles have a small pin to drive out(D). Sometime the locks are froze up, push with your thumb on where the key is installed, there should be some movement, if you have movement, once "D" is removed everything will slide out. If froze up, cut shaft at "B", then with "D" removed, press or knock out from end of shaft, be careful not to damage little nubbie on the end of the shaft. Good luck.

[Drakeule]

Many thanks, but I don't think my handle has a pin! I have tried to attach a picture, but this site won't let me.......

[pont35cpe]

There`s one there, you just have to find it. Clean the shaft real good with sandpaper or wire brush. The pin is only about 1/16" dia. and usually peened/staked on each end. I`ve had trouble finding them when the shaft is heavily rusted/pitted.

[NailheadBob]

Buick master parts book agrees with @pont35cpe , it is a very small pin that needs to be removed with a 1/16" punch and tap it out.

 

 

Bob

[Fordy]

Exactly the same process I encountered just recently with a Triumph Spitfire (and that drawing could just as easily be Triumph as its almost identical). Local locksmith was asked to key doors, trunk and ignition alike. Didn't do it but simply cut keys to suit. One didn't work although the key turned so I discovered that pesky wee pin and drove it out and that "nubbie" was broken off. I ordered a new lock and rearranged the barrel little slotted brass bits to suit the ignition key. Then did exactly the same thing on all the others - one key now does all. And yes, little bits and springs can escape once you start dismantling but they tend to stay put in the mechanism and need a little force to initially move - the piddling little spring under the brass bit is what needs to be "watched".

[drhach]

Can you bring the new handle to a locksmith with the key you want? They probably can rekey it for you. 

[NailheadBob]

@Drakeule any update?

 

Bob

[Drakeule]

Bob; not yet; awaiting NOS handle so I can (hopefully) switch out mechanisms. I want to use the original key.

[Century Eight]

The locksmith can re-key it with your original key of choice.