by fbernard » 18 Apr 2006 7:21
Or you could take the trunk lock apart, and fiddle with it to make it match your door key.
A friend of mine did that to a handful of Mopar lock cylinders (73 cuda, 74 Monaco), and it's really easy (if you can handle small brass cylinders that hav a diameter of 2mm and a length between 4 and 8mm or so.
I saw him do it in 10 minutes on the kitchen table, all it requires is a flat surface, a pair of tweezers. All it takes is to align the cylinders in the proper order to fit the key indentations. Maybe a file if some are too long. And a trip to some DIY shop to find a bar with the right diameter if you need to cut new ones (although I've never seen my friend need to do that).
If I remember correctly, there's a metal plate that you slide out, underneath it are 5 springs and 5 cylinders. Don't lose the springs; you'll have to put them back when it's over. All you need for trial fitting is the key, the lock and the cylinders.