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Old 07-24-2015, 08:10 PM
mikeyfev1 mikeyfev1 is offline
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Originally Posted by unkl300d View Post
Does anybody regularly lube their ignition tumblers and back sides??
...resist the urge, resist the urge...

I just went through a learning experience with this subject. A previous owner had replaced the ignition tumbler with a normally-keyed one. So now I have a key for the ignition, and, after much fussing, I have discovered that I have a separate key (probably the original) for everywhere else. The original key is what the locksmith called a "high-security" key; there are grooves in the side of the key instead of a pattern ground on the edge of the key.

Anyway, my locksmith used ZEP 45 in the cylinders:
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