Don't have keys to Maverick Trunk

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  1. Lee12

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    Does anyone know of an easy way of getting trunk open without the keys? I've got a 76 Maverick.
     
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    If you can climb inside the trunk. You can release the latch from the inside. I had to do that with my 74 Maverick when I bought it because I didn't have keys either.
     
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    Remove the back seat (easy), crawl into the trunk and open the latch with a flat-blade screwdriver..
     
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    I have a trunk lock with key. P m if you want it
     
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    rag9836 1972 Comet, 67K

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    I had locksmith come out. He was able to make a new key.
     
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    I repin my own locks.

    My Comet had mismatched keys, I repined Ign & both doors to a pair of NOS keys from the '60s. Were originally pinned to in dash ign switch but never used. Trunk only had one key, used two key lock set orginally from a '69 Torino.


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    If you have a locking glove box, you can get the code from the lock cylinder and have a key cut from the code.
     
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    I don't know if that always works. I've never seen a glove box lock with more than three pins, in theory multiple keys can operate it, but not trunk lock that has five.

    Wanna have fun?? Try repining '85-up locks with 10 pins. Actually, those have flat discs instead of pins.

    I once called a lock smith to cut a key for one of those, said he couldn't do it. Funny I had one cut by locksmith at a auction, many cars with no keys.
     
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