Lock cylinder

[powelly]

I just bought a reapir kit for my drivers door lock cylinder, reason being that is different to the rest of the car, looks reasonably straight forward albeit fiddly, does anyone know if you can build the cylinder to the key or do I need to strip out another cylinder to get the numbers from the relevant tumbler.

[buzz6353]

you can build to the key but it takes a lot longer

if you do

write down the numbers and keep a note in a safe place

[buzz6353]

meant to say

you can buy one built to the chassis number for 45quid

[powelly]

meant to say

you can buy one built to the chassis number for 45quid

They reckon they couldn't find my key number.

[buzz6353]

Lock room at bmw is apparently a bit hopeless at the moment
i can understand that ...

just have to do it the way you are
its not hard just fiddly and time consuming

put some grease on the barrel when your building it .stops the little brass sleeves from falling out

[DaveD]

try this

http://e30world.com/body/BMW-E30-lock-cylinder-repair

[buzz6353]

good write up Dave D explains it good

one thing he didnt mention is if you split the lock one section further up you dont have to mess with the mechanism and the little ball

spot on with the tumblers though

and thats a left hand door lock

[powelly]

I have read that, it's a very good write up, to be honest both locks are out of the car at the moment anyway so it may be quick to just strip down the passenger barrell to get the number.

[buzz6353]

the numbers are on the tumblers
usually one ,two three,four

you need to match the tumblers with positions on the barrel .i cant ever remember seeing a key number on the barrel

if you have both locks out its easy money

i am back in the UK in a couple of days and i will send you a pm with my number .you can give us a shout if you get in a bind

[powelly]

the numbers are on the tumblers
usually one ,two three,four

you need to match the tumblers with positions on the barrel .i cant ever remember seeing a key number on the barrel

if you have both locks out its easy money

i am back in the UK in a couple of days and i will send you a pm with my number .you can give us a shout if you get in a bind

Sorry, thats what I meant, strip down another barrel to get the numbers off the tumblers.

[fixedwheelnut]

Don't forget the inner most tumblers have a smaller tab, keep them the same as iff you put the normal ones in you won't be able to take the key out in the deadlock position