I got a call from the locksmith and he said it is $45 Aus for a new ignition , does that sound about right ??

Still dont know which to go .

Regards
amshaw

I hadn't thought of detumblering (it's a perfectly good George W. Bush's Texas word!) the ignition lock. The door keys should operate it then. I'd go that way rather than the way I originally said.
For the rest of you, don't bother looking for it, I sent it to amshaw in an e-mail.

yea, it sounds like someone my have changed the ignition switch after it fell apart like mine. I have a new ignition switch/lock assembly that i dont use because i havnt got around to having it rekeyed.
2 keys suck. Actually unlocking the door with a key sucks. Ive been spoiled with my wifes new car that has the 'keyless entry' deal.
A car alarm with a keyless entry feature, as previously mentioned, is a pretty neat way to go. I plan in doing this to mine.
angelo

wuzzup amshaw, it sounds to me like this locksmith doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. Pardon my language... Any locksmith worth their salt would be able to code two locks together. It sucks that you are stuck so far out in the bush. I really don't know what to tell you. I guess you could remove the tumblers from the ignition switch so that it would start even with a screwdriver, then just lock your car all the time. That would kinda suck though. Sorry bro, wish I had more info for ya.

As I thought my local Locksmith was next to useless. I just went down to see him and he thinks the only fix is to get a new ingution barrel. He is going to ring with a price.

Im not real happy as everybody said they have fixed the problem with the help of there locksmith. I said that others have had it done , but all he could say was "But they are diffearnt Locks " with differant style keys.

I must be supid or the locksmith hasent a clue what he is talking about ??? Now Im just confused , what do you think ??

Regards
amshaw
Aus

I had a similar problem once with a Mini I owned, and I popped along to the locksmith and he sorted it all out. Pretty cheap too from memory.

I have sent a scan of my 2 keys to the Photo Album , under Body & interior. I hope it gets there OK. Top key is Ing and bottom one is for the Fuel cap , doors etc. I have tryed to use the keys in the other one's locks with no luck at all.

Hope this helps a little.

Regards
Andrew (amshaw)

I had a set of all different keys when I bought my two Datto coupes. I found that on one coupe, one key would open the door and a different shaped key was needed to turn the ignition.

Mate of mine was being a smart ass in the carpark one day and thought he might be able to open my drivers side door with his Nissan Bluebird key, to our surprise he could. No luck starting the ignition tho as the other key was needed. I soon taught him not to jump in my car with his key.

I'm pretty sure between my two keys I could open any other 1200, the two keys that I have are totally different but they both work on either the doors or the ignition. One night walking to town in a less than sober state unlocked someones 1200, then thought better of borrowing it to get to town!

weird, i dont get it, you guys seem to be only abl to unlock your doors and start youre car with only one or two keys.

weird because any bloody key from anything will open my doors and probably start my car