I'm using the 1092c and it works just fine

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From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:38 PM
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy water tank key blank

> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Steve Sandlin <vwcarlocks@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>> The correct blank for that application is ILCO DM10, which is not very
>> common.  An ILCO 1092C may be substituted, but it will be
>> necessary to shorten it and file the shoulder a bit narrower.  We stock
>> both normally.  The 1092C is what we normally use due to cost
>> differences.
>
> I'm flipping through the Ilco key blank reference, and I notice that
> the American Padlock 1041B (sec 2, pg 2) looks VERY close to the DM10.
> Think it might work? Checking  with Clark I see it's actually slightly
> MORE expensive than the DM10 blanks, but if someone's just asking
> around at local lock shops, they'd surely be more likely to have a
> 1041B than a euro-market blank like the DM10.
> The 1092C is a better deal at 1/4 the price, but it's a pretty thin
> key. It's the blank used for the override/change key on the thousands
> of lockers in the school district where I work, and we break dozens of
> them during combo change season. Is the lock a "real" lock, or just a
> plastic cam turn with a key-shaped slot like on many RVs? If the
> latter, no reason at all to use anything BUT the cheap 1092C
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen"
> '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"
>