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07-10-2014, 09:10 AM
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2 Rivet Member
1964 28' Ambassador
henderson
, Nevada
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 43
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No key for outside compartment.
I have no key for this outside compartment. Any ideas of how to open it without damaging it? It is easy to find a replacement lock?
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07-10-2014, 09:11 AM
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2 Rivet Member
1964 28' Ambassador
henderson
, Nevada
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 43
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Oh it's a 64 ambassador.
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07-10-2014, 09:39 AM
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Moderator
2017 26' Flying Cloud
Alamo Heights
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,526
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Here's a post with a link to a useful key-fitment chart for vintage Airstreams.
It says you're looking for key# 166, but I don't know where to find that one. I didn't find it at Out Of Doors Mart, for example, where I was able to purchase the hard-to-find key for '70s water-fill doors.
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07-10-2014, 10:38 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1969 23' Safari
Blenheim
, Ontario
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 151
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Try a lock smith. They would at least be able to open it. Good luck!
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07-10-2014, 11:04 AM
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Rivet Master
1961 24' Tradewind
1969 29' Ambassador
1970 21' Globetrotter
Jamestown
, Tennessee
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,783
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If you can access the door from inside the trailer remove the large screw that holds the locking tab to the lock. You can buy replacement locks for under $5.00 at almost any RV store or from Vintage Trailer Supply
It is not worth the cost of a lock smith
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61 tradewind, plus a few others
13 Ram 2500 TD
99 Dodge TD 577K miles
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07-10-2014, 11:08 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 Argosy 20
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Kooskia
, Idaho
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 4,591
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It is a simple baggage lock, available at most hardware stores and RV parts places. If you can get to see the inside by removing any interior items, you can take a screwdriver and remove the inner tang which is held on with just one screw. That way you can open the compartment and take the lock out. Then replace it with one from the hardware or RV store.
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07-10-2014, 02:56 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1964 28' Ambassador
henderson
, Nevada
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 43
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Cool thanks I plan on replacing the entire sub floor. I will wait tell in have the floor out and I can access the back of the compartment. Wonder what goods I might find.
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07-10-2014, 05:42 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
1984 31' Airstream310
Ajo
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 7,649
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Most of us with older coaches have keys we'd had no clue about, but I've opened many other panels with those keys.If you could find a AS, they mite have the key.
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07-12-2014, 09:02 AM
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2 Rivet Member
1972 25' Tradewind
Currently Looking...
lancaster
, California
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 61
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I had the same problem with my 72 TW. I ended up ordering new locks from vintage trailer supply and drilling out the old ones. On a good note, vintage trailer supply keyed them all same.
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08-03-2014, 09:25 PM
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Rivet Master
1967 17' Caravel
Pocatello
, Idaho
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 944
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I understand that Airstreams of the same year and/or size often have keys that fit each other, so if you can contact a Forum member with the same unit you have, maybe they would be willing to send you a duplicate of their key.
Good luck!
Vivian
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