Good tip. Thanks. Didn't know of that number. I may be swapping doors
on my '81 and was wondering about rekeying.

Neil.

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:45 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> Recently I had an 86 van that had keys that only worked if you fiddled
> with and/or flipped them. I pulled one front door handle and took it to
> a good lock shop to have them make new keys from the code stamped into
> the handle. Here is a link to a photo of the old versus new key. That is
> some serious wear! The new keys work every time in every lock.
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=1100961
>
> Mark

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