external door handle key

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1983Pinin
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Your car is a: 1983 Pininfarina

external door handle key

Postby 1983Pinin » Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:27 pm

Hello,

I've been working on my doors since my locks have never worked. With enough time, liquid wrench and WD-40 I now have the driver side door opening when locked, and locking nicely using the key.
On the passenger side, while it will lock from the inside, I can not get the key to turn in either direction . It goes in nicely but just won't turn.

Before I try pulling the door handle off to work this out, is it possible that a door handle replacement would give this same result?
Would a Fiat door key go into the handle but not turn if it was not the right key?
I don't want to get into this only to find that I need to buy new handles to get a consistent key. And if I needed to do this, what do I do for the trunk lock, which is the same as my exterior door handle key.
Thanks for any input

--Peter
--Peter

1960 something 850 Spider in 1974-1976
1970 something 124 Spider 1977-1980
Currently 1983 Spider 2000

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Ptoneill
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Your car is a: 1979 Fiat Spider 2000
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Re: external door handle key

Postby Ptoneill » Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:29 pm

You can buy a set of three lock cores from various vendors.. Or just leave the car unlocked and don't leave valuables in it......if they really want in they just cut the fabric top
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klweimer
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Your car is a: 1982 Spider 2000
Location: Arvada, Colorado

Re: external door handle key

Postby klweimer » Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:06 am

+1 on not locking the car. What's the point? Also, it's entirely possible the two door keys are different. My car has a different key for each door and the trunk.
Kirk


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