2011.01.28 - Locks/Keys, Window Lubrication
- Reinstalled passenger door lock cylinder
- Lubricated guide channels for door windows
- Removed trunk lock cylinder
- Modified new trunk lock cylinder to allow for remote release disable
- Transplanted valet security wafer from old lock cylinder to new lock cylinder
- Installed new trunk lock cylinder
Well, I was able to get the key code from the passenger lock cylinder and the locksmith was able to cut a correct and proper key from that, thankfully, so I now have a fresh clean master key and master valet key. The locksmith also tweaked the new trunk lock to work properly with my new master key (and of course, all of my old keys). While testing everything out though, we discovered that Mazda's new trunk lock cylinders no longer have the wafer insert for the valet key security. What a cheapskate way to save a few pennies! Anyhow, when I disassembled the lock to modify it for the remote release disable function, I was able to swap the wafer and spring from my old lock to the new one. (^_^) So now all of the locks work the way they are supposed to once again!
In hindsight, I probably could have swapped the wafers from my old lock into the new lock and saved the $25 locksmith labor fee, but if I had done that then I never would have known about the problems with the "master" key that I had cut by the local dealership based on the VIN code.
I also took this opportunity to re-lubricate the window guide channels with white lithium grease and the front guide/weatherstrip channels with Sil-Glyde.
$17.32 - Master key cut by key code ($12.50) and valet key copied from master ($3.50)
- Lubricated guide channels for door windows
- Removed trunk lock cylinder
- Modified new trunk lock cylinder to allow for remote release disable
- Transplanted valet security wafer from old lock cylinder to new lock cylinder
- Installed new trunk lock cylinder
Well, I was able to get the key code from the passenger lock cylinder and the locksmith was able to cut a correct and proper key from that, thankfully, so I now have a fresh clean master key and master valet key. The locksmith also tweaked the new trunk lock to work properly with my new master key (and of course, all of my old keys). While testing everything out though, we discovered that Mazda's new trunk lock cylinders no longer have the wafer insert for the valet key security. What a cheapskate way to save a few pennies! Anyhow, when I disassembled the lock to modify it for the remote release disable function, I was able to swap the wafer and spring from my old lock to the new one. (^_^) So now all of the locks work the way they are supposed to once again!
In hindsight, I probably could have swapped the wafers from my old lock into the new lock and saved the $25 locksmith labor fee, but if I had done that then I never would have known about the problems with the "master" key that I had cut by the local dealership based on the VIN code.
I also took this opportunity to re-lubricate the window guide channels with white lithium grease and the front guide/weatherstrip channels with Sil-Glyde.
$17.32 - Master key cut by key code ($12.50) and valet key copied from master ($3.50)