I bought a complete lock set ( 2 door handles, sliding door handle, ign
switch and rear hatch tumbler) from the Bus Depot for less than $100. You
might want to see if they have any more in stock.

Or you can have the doors rekeyed to match the ignition.

Good luck,

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://www.relitech.com/tomc
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Fried [mailto:john@DATAKNIGHT.COM]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:38 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Vanagon keys--the answers
>
>
> My newly-acquired '85 Westy needs three keys (a real PITA):
>
> 1. Ignition (only) key
> 2. Front door key (left/right)
> 3. Sliding door key
>
> To open the rear gate door uses key 2 or 3 (I just try until
> one works).
> I've never tried to lock the glove box. The gas cap is not lockable (I
> don't know if that is good or bad).
>
> Now for the $1,000,000 question: Is there any way, other than
> replacing
> the locks, to reduce the key count?
>
> John
>
> Steve Sandlin wrote:
> >
> > Hi, everybody.  Here's the whole story on Vanagon keys, as
> far as I know,
>