Tired of messing with this broken lock and can't seem to figure out how to replace it so just gonna look for the door/lock and all. If anybody has any hints on how to replace/repair/remove a broken lock, pls pass them on. Don't know why something that should be so simple is so dang complicated .

 

I have one... just have to locate the key for it....

I took one out of my Cutlass, and it was just a large nut if I recall... I'll go look and repost...

John

 

HEre is the trick to getting the lock cyl out.
After it is out, there is a nut behind it that removes the cyl. case.

You insert a small screwdriver or paperclip in that hole, inset the key, and pull out the cyl.

Not sure if this will work on a broke lock, but it worth a try if you did not know about the release hole.

 

Thanks Rob...that worked (after some trial and error and a few cuss words). So, now I have the cylinder out with **** apparently permanently attached. Guess I'll have to replace that entire unit cause I don't see how the **** separates. Are those available aftermarket?

John - interested in selling just the lock itself?

 

The **** separates by breaking off. Don't ask how I found that out...

Repros are available, but the **** is not factory looking from what I have heard. If you want factory, used would be the way to go.

I busted mine by trying to get it off before getting the manual. It was more of a crimped egde that gave. However, JB weld glued it back on and has not broke again.
So it might be possible to exchange *****.

 

Scott, have u thought about just taking the lock down to a locksmith and having it replaced, OR the other option would be to have a new key made for the lock itself. It won't match the key for trunk but it will be functional.

I have to get a new key made for my trunk lock. I had the deck on my 98 replaced in 2005 becuz of rust. Only found out about 2 months ago that they didn't replace the original lock into the replacement trunk. Morons! For now the only way into the trunk is the solenoid release. I can appreciate how it feels to have a lock the key doesn't work in.

 

I cannot find the key for it either. Long gone with the rest of the body parts I sold a long while back. The door is black and it is unlocked. I can't fit my other 72 keys in it either... not sure why this is....

Anyway... you have options.

John

 

I' thought I might be able to help until I read the whole message. I think I have a black one from a 1970 Cutlass and I don't know if that is the same.
But the reason I have it is cause I had a lock problem with mine some years ago, and found the black one in a junk yard and took the lock out of it for mine. Its been a few years and I remember it was a real pain replacing it but got it done. I may have the door, but no lock.