WHERE DO I GET A REPLACEMENT KEY FOR A 1987 PANTERA?? KEY IS BROKEN IN IGNITION-STILL ABLE TO USE OTHER HALF TO START. i HAVE KEY # R1361
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OK, i'm guessing pantera ign locks work the same as most other cars:
Take off the surround from the barrel. There should be a hole in the casting around the barrel - usually about 4-5mm diameter and in the hole a spring mounted peg (usually chromed)that you can push in. This should release the lock barrel so that you can withdraw it. The barrel may need to be in the "run" position before this will work. When you have the barrel out, use a watchmaker's screwdriver to firtle (technical term) the piece of key out of the barrel. Then i'll leave it to the forum as to whether blanks are available - i've seen them on ebay.....
Phil
Take off the surround from the barrel. There should be a hole in the casting around the barrel - usually about 4-5mm diameter and in the hole a spring mounted peg (usually chromed)that you can push in. This should release the lock barrel so that you can withdraw it. The barrel may need to be in the "run" position before this will work. When you have the barrel out, use a watchmaker's screwdriver to firtle (technical term) the piece of key out of the barrel. Then i'll leave it to the forum as to whether blanks are available - i've seen them on ebay.....
Phil
i SEE ON eBAY OLDER STYLE(ALL METAL)KEYS-dO THEY MATCH UP WITH LATER (1987) IGNITION?
quote:OK, i'm guessing pantera ign locks work the same as most other cars:
Good guess, but wrong
The early Panteras had a first generation Capri ignition. It has NO release hole in it to allow the barrel to be removed. Now it is fairly easy to drill said hole, and then you can depress the piece of spring steel on the barrel that holds it in the housing. Why this ignition was done this way is totally weird - I agree, most barrels DO remove just as you wrote. Just another 'fun' part of owning a Pantera
Now, all that said, the problem here is on an '87 Pantera, and I have no idea where DeTomaso sourced the ignition for the later cars. Pretty sure he was not still using the Capri unit by then, though?
Any good locksmith - not some kid at the Home Depot, should be able to remove the key stub, and then match the key to the appropriate blank and cut a new key. Just drive over and give some old gray haired locksmith a good story to tell his wife that night -
Larry
Did you try a magnet??
Steve
Steve
...A trick that I thought up, and worked for a Friend in the past...is to take a 'RawHide Mallet' (NOT a Rubber Mallet because rubber is TOO soft for this trick)...And give the Ignition Switch (still mounted), a Good Smack!!The Broken Key part will come flying out! It Works in most cases!...
Magnets don't work very well on brass which is what most keys are made of.
Forest
Forest