Door Lock thingamajig- itty bitty piece, King sized price.
One by one, I'm trying to deal with the issues that seemed minor when I bought the car.
The key would not lock/unlock from the driver's side. So, after some effort, I managed to remove the cylinder. There is a little cast metal piece, about 1 1/2" long that hinges off the end of the cylinder, which turns the lock mechanism. It's broken. I went to the dealer, and he told me the piece is not available. In fact, he also told me I cannot even take it apart to replace the piece if I could buy one. The new lock cylinder would cost $140 Canadian. Being stubborn, I worked out a way to disassemble the hinge part. I figured if I could get just that piece from a wrecker, I could fix it without even having to redo the tumbler to my own key. So, this morning I visited my local Shylock, er I mean wrecker. He happily told me he would sell me the cylinder for $250. As I dusted myself off from the sudden fall caused by the fainting spell, I explained that the dealer offered to sell me the same part for $140. He told me the dealer gave me the wrong price. Well, as it turns out, Shylock was right. $474 at the dealer. To replace a 4 gram (1/8 oz. for you Americans) part. That's $60,672/pound. Canadian dollars, mind you, but expensive none the less. So, any advice? I'm figuring a machine shop could produce that part, using the passenger side as a model. Probably less than $250, I'm guessing. Actually, for $250, maybe I should consider buying a parts car. I can see how this can get out of hand... |
Try other wreckers. Even with shipping you can easily beat that price. I'm sure there's a lot of wrecks out there with no key to the cylinder, making for a difficult to sell part. Heck, you can buy a whole door with a lock here.
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