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Originally Posted by ivandrocco
went at it with a cordless drill again, no luck. did notice something floating around in there... it's just behind the face of the lock but before the pins. it's not brass so it's not a pin... its silver and from one side looks like the edge of a penny protruding from a flat rectangle... i can move it around and the other side looks like a semicircle. Anyone know what this is?
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Go to a specialty fastener shop (nuts and bolts) and buy one of the bits pictured here.
I recommend one that a little larger in diameter than this. Somewhere in the 1/2" category. Its gonna cost you about $30+ but unless your wife's diamond is stuck in the ignition you won't have any trouble drilling it out.
After you get through the hardened face of the ignition use a standard bit and work it around to remove the tumblers. At some point you can insert a long small slotted screwdriver and turn the ignition.
Don't bother going to ACE, Home Depot or Lowe, Sears or other places. They didn't have them three years ago.
Good luck.