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Seroogy Speaks

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Finding support in the changing world of the locksmith,

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New & Profitable ideas feature includes the Following products: [clockwise from top left) Don- Jo's classic wrap-around; Safety Technology's upgrade of their Hazard Stopper; the Aceurnark from Security Corner; Bonafide Factory Products' Perrma Vault counter drop cash protection system; and Dyna Lock's 1 new #3000 delay egress locking system. These and other products are described beginning on page 42, Our

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Mirror

Jake Jakubuwski gives advice

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Remodeling the shop uncovers some hidden treasures for Sara

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Test article: Three parts systems have in common.

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Car Opening: Nissan

Nissan pickup.

Honda automobiles.

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safe, many names. Attack the and not the safe says Dale.

An easy way

Servicing

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This test article opens the cover of the Sargent mortise lock.

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Gene shows how

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Departments 5 Commentary 6 Letters lOTechnitips IB Newsmakers

Editor/Publisher Marc Goldberg Managing Editor Tom Seroogy Director of Production Sandy Kucharski

Technical Editor Robert Sieveking Technical Writers Carl Cloud, Eugene Gentry, Ed Hill, Jate Jakubuw&ki, Dale Libby, Joseph Locke, Dave McGrni^, Rick Ohmit, Don Q'Shall, Sara Probasco, Jack Roberts, Shirl Scliamp, Tom Seroogy Advert sing Sates Mgr. Thomas Mlodooh Advertising Sales AssL Debbie Schcrtzing Circulation Manager Diane DeGrace Assistant To The Publisher Crissy Pauley Advisory Board Keith Levins, Mike Elsberry. Steve Dyson, Buddy Logan, Sean DeForrest I

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cover under the faceplate, gently lower

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small screw driver, align the different components that are restricting the

10.

Replace Uio

lalch.

photograph 9). Be careful as you. move through these procedures, the parts had a tendency to move around. With he j^Ucird bolt in place.

12. Replacing the lever spring assembly and the lalch lever spring are the final parts before putting on

the cover.

Cover from Fully closing. We found the cylinder clamp, dead bolt assembly, button tail (slide stop), hubs and lever spring assembly needed (he most coaxing to close ihe cover. Not seen by these photographs is a lever or arm that is attached to the inside of the cover. The end of this arm needs to fit into a space provided on the button tail, S

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part of our Security Certificate Program. In a future issue, the content will be tested. 'This article

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writing on Honda service, we not spend any groat Indeal specific vehicle. Instead we will of lime on will

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approach the different types of service (e,g. openings key generation, lock repair, etc) from a broader perspective. Doing so, will allow you to approach any Honda with a greater degree of confidence without having to memorize &prt:ilk:s far e.nrh particular model. The following information covers mode! years 198ft (roughly) to 1993, For Hondas in these years, you will find one of two key code series. The 3001 4481 series started on the 19S2 Prelude and by 1984 included all Honda models. This series started with the XI 28 (Taylor dumber) key blank, but is now superseded by the X 181- The difference between the two blanks is the length of the blade. The X181 blank can be used for all of the vehicles using this eode series. The other code series used is the 5001 8442, using the XI 82 key blank. This blank supersedes all previous blanks for that series. Introduced on the 1988 CHX, this series now shares usage with the 3001 4181 series. A specification chart for both series will follow this article. It is very important that the latest version key blank be used. Modifications of the ignition cylinder made the shorter key-blank versions obsolete. Using the earlier shorter versions in later model vehicles will cause the ignition switch to jamb in the "Start" position and burn out

horizontal paddles in two door models. While the appearance of the buttons and paddles vary, the working linkage inside the dour is very similar not only from model to model, but year to year as well We found this to be of advantage. Using an HPC C039

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This

to the

is

one

of

Honda two

many

horizontal lock paddles

common

door.

the starter.

The first part of any auto service is being able to open the vehicle. Honda has been very gracious in this respect From 1986 to present they have used various designs for the lock buttons and latch handles, The two most common are the vertical (up and down) buttons {see pk&tagrapk J) and the horizontal (front

and back) paddles (photograph can be accompanied by electric locks. vertical buttons appear in four door models and the

2 and 3). Roth

The

styles

The 1992 Prelude sports

3.

linkage

is still

pretty

much

this paddle, but the lock the same.

slidelock tool (see photograph 4) and the Jiffy Super Light we opened all the 1992 and 1991 models, as well as the 1986, 1988, 1991 Accord, the 19H0

ami 1990 Prelude and a 1987 Civic (we would hEive tried more but there weren't any). It seems opening the Honda is relatively easy. For the vertical button style, wetl^e the door panel away from the window, insert a light if you wish. The button rod

be

exposed and in line with the button. Insert the door and hook the lock button rod, Twist the tool to bind the rod, then tilt it up to lift the will

slid

fully

dock

button.

tool into the

Voik

— you're

in.

To open

the horizontal paddle style locks {see photograph 5} wedge the window and insert tire light. At the latch side, two horizontal rods will be visible, l^ie one f

1.

This vertical lock button

is

common to the Honda

4-door.

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Using the Jiffy Super Light Arid the C039 Slidelock open the 1993 Prelude.

tool to

closest to the outside of the door is usually the lock rod.

hook the rod. Twist lo bind the rod and slide towards the front of the car. Voila you're in. On the Do! Sol you will fine] that there h a cable and a rod going to the latch. The cable comes from the door handle to release the latch. The rod hidden just below the c:able, goes to the lock paddle. Insert the slidelock tool, bind and move the rod towards the front of the car. Voila Insert the slidelock tool and

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Accompanied by the Jiffy Super Light, we were able open ail Honda models with the HPC Slidelock tool.

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in.

you think opening these cars

nut

much

is easy,

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n code stamped on the housing, On some of the locks the code is prefaced by three or four digits. Disregard these numbers and use only the last four digits as the cade. Years and models vary when codes were stamped on the ignition. On many years the number is stamped on the housing near the column damp. Attain, this is a series of letters and numbers, the last four of which is the key code. On the 1S)93 we found the codes stamped on the ignition cylinder, and not accessible until the cylinder is removed. Being that like doing things the easy way lets go through a sequence for finding a code. After opening the vehicle start with the glovebox lack. There arc three typical styles that you may encounter. Two of these ar« part of thfi door, the other one is just above the door iii the dash. Of the two in the door styles, one will be have a paddle handle release and be held to the door with two screws (see photograph 6). The other one will have horizontal sriiH-eze buttons and is held id (he door with one I

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screws that are easily accessible from inside the glovebox. Loosen the screws enough to slide the lock back out of the dash. The code is stamped on the cylinder housing, Not all models will have glovebox locks, however. In fact, the only 1993 models we found with glovebox locks were the Accords, Before for this time, most models except the Civic and /or CRX had glovebox locks. If a glovebox lock is not found, check for an interior trunk/gas cap release lever lock. This will be down on the floor on the left side of the drivers seat (see photograph 9).

To get

to the lock, slide the plastic levers off of their metal

arms.

Remove the cover screw found beneath

a small

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mL

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The trunk/gas cap release lever lock

is

an easy method

of obtaining a key code.

on top of the cover (see photograph 10). Pull the cover off. Below you will find the lock and the locking mechanism. We have found two versions for retaining this lock. One, as captured in the photography is simply press plastic lid

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This paddle handle glovebox lock door and is held in with Iwo screws. 6.

is

on the glovebox

screw (see photograph F), Remove the screws, lift the lock from ibe door a\u] the code will hr stamped on the t vUjilJl t

Removing

This squeeze button glovebox lock is also on the glovebox door and is held in with one screw.

10.

housing

armatures.

7.

levers. (ie e

photograph

The dash mounted

8)

a small plastic lid reveals the covers Remove the screw and the two plastic levers slide forward off of the the metal

retaining screw.

The

.

lock

is

held into the dash by Iwo

sh-c-w or ^rommet Gently trying up on the iock will remove it (see photograph 11). The other version uses a standard horseshoe retaining clip. Remove the clip and the lock will slide up smd out. filled intu a plastic:

]

The code

will stamped on the side {see photograph 12). the vehicle doesn't have a glovebox or hatch release lock, open the trunk using the refeise. On many Hondas i;;e irunk iock can be removed after unscrewing a 10 [f

mm

0.

The 1993 Accord uses the paddle handle style glovebox The code can be found on the lock casing.

lock.

you have a

a lock can often be found in a storage compartment directly behind the rear seats. [f all these fail, and they usually don't, it's time to tear down a passenger door panel and retrieve a door lock (see photograph 13 and i4).The only exception to finding a key code on this lock are on the Accord and Prelude models s]mji \\::\>, lock hi ]hr handle will] a cuiicm- UeCMj:i. Chi bolt. Or,

if

Civic,

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prying

will

was

held

in via plastic

allow you to remove

grommet. Gentle

It.

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12.

The key code

is

stamped on the side

When

all

else

tails,

tear

down

a passenger door panel.

This or>e belongs lo a 1993 Accord. Can you is 8 two door or a four door?

of this look.

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holtbar. This relocker boll is not double locked so it Is held in position by the spring only. There is a regular relocker and an .:jnli

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door does not have any hardplaleTbe customer did not want the door repaired {for my price) and was going to yet a new door and complete: lock from the manufacturer I quoted my price for welding up the replacing and the door would r.vA "work (Tim bin in on lock. on his lock to make it better. I do not wane to work on a lock that has malfunctioned when I am putting: niy future time and labor on the line. Replace, rather than repair. It pays

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my

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bench seems that the second wheel was seven numbers off from the m.'L functioning

lock on

tool

later that day. It

combination. Eventually I could have dialed it open, but when yon plan to replace the lock anyway, why not make it fast and easy on yourself. "There is n feeling among older locksmiths that if you can fix anything chat is broken, and charge a little for it, you are better than a locksmith that listed

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Trade Talk—

"Maintain a slight pressure against the rod, and slowly begin to draw the tool out of the doon

by Slephan C. Sharpc

1993 Nissan Pick-up The current body maintained it's

for

has

Start your opening by inserting a in the middle of the door. LighlJy curve the end of the loul so

panel.

To open

The '93 Nissan Pick-up, I ttugtfcst u&iiitf a flat, bar type opening tool sudi as [he Pro-U>k AO-10 Slim

style

another mode! year. Tin; pickup

uses a vertical button locking system, with the button mounted on the topside of the pickup's interior dour

Jim

lq

hook the

vertical rod.

"

wedffe it

Laprrs in towards the interior of the

car.

Insert the tool into the door and lower Che tool down about 16 inches into the door just bdnw door hmidle, Slide the tool across the door until the tool contacts the vertical button rod (you will see the button move inside the car).

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tool properly Inserted In door.

Maintain a slight pressure against the rod, and slowly begin to draw the tool out of tbc door, As the tool is

drawn up out of the begin

car, the

bend

will

to straighten.

As the feel

tool straightens, you will the button rod fall into the notch

on [he side of tlie tool. Continue lifting while maintaining the slight pressure against the rod. As you lift, the tool will bind the rod and pull the rod up along with the tool. Car Opening Tip: When you are

bending your flat bar type (Slim Jim) openers, use a gradual bend on the tool, Start 10-12" from the end of the tool and round the tool into shape, Do not try to bend tbc tool at the tip because it is possible the tip could break off causing possible hand Applying the proper bend to the

tool.

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have had a

lot

of calls asking

a lock available for the

there four drawer is

file c:;'?in:* years* and the two shelves allocated for office supplies groaned precariously overhead, beneath the weight of myriad boxes of stationary, envelopes, labels, rubber stamps* telephone and Kip code directories, accounting ledgers, ami other such necessities of office life, A separate room for me sounded like paradise. Thnt was before the carpenters started knocking out the watl. "Honey, can you take that filter mask off long enough to wait on a couple of customers up here?' Don .'Mid

h

asked,

Til hv happy to help/'

replied "but sinus' only defense against this ghastly sheetrock

why must

I

remove

I

my

To illustrate the point, I dragged nger though the heavy white powder that was settling everywhere. "Have you looked at yourself in the mirror? Ihat mask is awful. The kid of that woman you waited on a few minutes ago is still at the top of the telephone poll outside our front door shrieking something about Friday the

door for

a

hanging

li

thirteenth, in

and claiming

"Jason"*

works

our shop."

The constant vvham-bn lifting siedge

hammers smashing through

of

(lie

old wall and the

whine of electric saws culling through the old studs had already prompted several trips to the aspirin bottle. As if that wasn't enough, another set of carpenters was loudly erecting the new walls and dividers ten feet away, the electricians eleuI telephone men were laughing and conversing loudly among th cm selves as ihey strung and stapled wiring along the new studs, and a couple of grumbling carpet installers were crawling about bene;i!h everybody's feet trying to fi| pad and carpet to sSkc. [ bated 10 chink what it would be like when they started up with the new sheetrock and be^an to p^int,

Whose

idea was

it

to

office

had arrived and was

place, the new office furniture had been delivered smd sat proudly on the carpeted floors of my in

separate office acid Don's. Now,

all

dial

remained was to selectively sort through and transfer everything we intended to keep from the back room to the newly mounted shelving in our respective offices.

Thai brings us to one of the niOSl important lessons I learned from this

when

experience:

moving

or

organizing, don't keep anything you've

had lying around for a year but haven't used or anything you find that you haven't missed until you see it. "Oh, look, Uon!" I exclaimed upon uncovering a box full of multicolor bulletin board stickpins that had been hidden beneath a stack of other boitcs. "[ had forgotten w*^ had these," Throw diem out." he replied. M

Hut

we can use them. They Ye

cracked at all/' "What's wrong widi the flat-headed silver ones we have?" "Nothing, only,,,* "Don't we have plenty have them?" liardly

"Yes, but..."

"How

have

long has

it

been since youVe

everything done In one week, anyway? Surely I wasn't (he one who had said,

seen those others?" '1 don't remember, actually, but

"OK. just as long as we're not torn up for weeks on end. want everybody in and out before the middle of the niotith if at [K^sible. so we can g*-t on with

bought them when wc Lived in Amarillo, I didn't know where they

gelling everything in placed

Throw them

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p

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And now, 1 couldn't find anything. Everyone involved had moved things around from place to place. All my carefully filled and labeled boxes wilh my top of-the-desk junk (Good junk, you understand— not the kind you'd ever want to throw away!) had been scattered hither and yon mixed in among sLaeks of locksmith magazines and biillimnm suppj'i. *. h would lake me months to gel everything h

1

straightened out be possible at all.

a

if

all

"Sara, thai

came workmen had finished and The new leaded glass entry

thirteen years ago,

"Well, TIL be.„.,

head

in

M 1

muttered,

my

another dust-covered box,

*Yqu11 never believe whal

I

just found."

"Try me.* "Do you remember how peeved 1 was that my brother never wrote to thank us- for his Christmas present last

gone to the trouble of making those little sugar plum candies he loves so well?" year, especially after I'd

"Yes." "Well, here

it

is."

'Here what is?; "Here's his Christmas present, and the lit lie tin of homemade goodies, I

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the bolt, only tighten

it

about halfway:

You can remove thorn wiuh a vise £rip& if needed. Finish drilling and putting bolts in on frame side. At this ready to security duor will put some extra profit in your pocket. Ybu will get a mark up on the door, a mark up on the lockset acid deadlock, which are not included with the door,

Inslalling

Hie at

the strike frame. Notice

install

4.) Extend the deadbolt. on the deadlock, and position the frame by placing the deadbolt in the upper hole. Uavc the deadbolt extended until the strike frame

is

secure.

If

the

di stance at

the top of the

frame is not the same as the binge side frame, turn the strike frame upside down. Either eyeball or use a shim to give about n 1/4* clearance between die door and the frame. Tap in two nails to

key.

phakfgraph

install

you are

tho frame, (See phitivgmph

The

security door runs its own frame and is installed on the outside of the door frame in contrast to a screen door which is installed on the inside of the door frame. The security door measures 36" with sibout a 1" frame, so do some preliminary measuring before you buy the door to see that I he existing frame is uol loo wide. Check lor any overhang (hat might obstruct the door from opening. (See photograph I) Also check the brand of lockset and deadlock on the existing front dour so you can match them up. (See

Now

the two large holes about the center of

ii

and installation charges. Plus you can get a key change charge, hu iJie security door and existing front door have the

same

rekeying,

tiniCp after

the deadlock and lockset.

by Eugeoft Gantry

1.

Check

for

overhang clearance.

hold frame into place. At this time, tighten the bolts on the hinge side of die frame.

2.)

&eruri(y

door

tyin

home improvement

be purchased stores.

When

open the box* you wili see that the frame is already attached to the lunge side of the door. Hie door is made the you.

same

at

4.

the uip and bottom and the

is centered, so you can mount this door with a ri^ht hand swiii^ or left hand swing, Position the door so the latch is on the same side as the exiting front door latch. Place a &him under the door to glw. some clearance between the door

The two hole&

Ihe frame are and lockset.

in

strikes for deadbolt

latch

and threshold. (See photograph •frame

now

3.)

so

tap

Match the brand

of lock tofrgnt door.

in

the

wood frame

The easy part is installing the top frame Lay it across Ihe top of the side frames and mark your holes. Drill* then install and lighten the bolts, Test Lite

JHHHBRr 3.

Shim

for threashcld cloa ranee,

bolts are

one way, so when you

deadlock and lockset again to see that they work well

insert

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bolts of the strike frame, Put in the bote

about halfway. Try the deadlock and the lockset to see if they are latching. Now tig hit] down on the bolls on the frame. On the security doors I installed, I had to file on both trie deadlock bote and the lockset hole for a good fit

llie

two nails to hold the door in place. Put in the nails just enough so that you can pull them out easily. Adjust (ho door to proper pgsil ion. Stilt using the nails to hold the door, pull one out and drill a hole in the frame smaller than he bolt. Caudon: These is pre-drilled p

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be ihe bluest problem. Electric strikes are the predominant decirie hardware used. Most of us arc familiar with the electronic buzz at apartment entrances, reception areas and other areas where access is elcclrnnically restricted. These arc applications will

typically

low voltage electric strikes that

use AC current (Later we'll talk about the difference; between AC and DC

why the AC An J while they may current and

strike buzzes.) all

have that

ubiquitous buzzing each strike

is

different, Aside from the different finishes, there are different cutouts or faceplate sizes, solenoid duty ratings, jaw or bolt niiings. etc, All of these must be compatible not only to the access control system, but also to the door and

SRi

frame application.

Tech Train Productions are the automotive

Fortunately, while most applications use electric strikes, the need for specialty electronic hardware Ihls generated many lines of newer products like (ilucirified cylindrical knobs and mortise locks., electromagnets,

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and even latches and deadbofts. This hard ware, also, will have their own specifications and electrified exit devices,

freight!!

applications.

Remember

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specialists

we have only

scratched the surfnee of electronic security. Yet. while there is much ground to cover, if we take it step by

No middle man!!

Step, access control can

become

source for automotive

less of

hnsiness. §

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market was resjionsihle for our survival that first year! The business (tutting keys, repairing locks, selling new and used locks, doing automotive work, and making locks for antique Coke machines netted us more than many folks

make

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in a year!

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we landed two

of our best accounts through contacts we made at the flea market. An additional

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way of keys.

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perhaps you Ye saying. "OhK,, I want to give it a try. What do I need to gel stinted?". Obviously, you need a key mochinr. And. of course, you need a good selection ([[Liiiniity conies Liter) of key blanks, Kwikset. Schloge, YsdCp Hudson, domestic and foreign automotive, etc Bring along some used locks thai you hav* "salvaged", 3 couple of extension h

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