New ignition lock cylinder

[Graybeard]

I swapped out a broken lock cylinder, now I have security blinking rapidly and no start but cranks.
Help!

 

[Al95]

You need to reprogram your keys to the new lock cylinder code. Check out YouTube videos for help.

 

[Graybeard]

You need to reprogram your keys to the new lock cylinder code. Check out YouTube videos for help.

Will do. Thanks

 

[Graybeard]

All the videos I've seen tell me to get it coded at Ford. I would like to avoid all that.

 

[Graybeard]

I got impatient and dropped the tumblers out of the new cylinder so I could use the original key. Starts & runs fine now. Seems fitting for this old roach.

 

[1955moose]

Well that's one way to keep a couple hundred in your jeans! Now you've got the extra Franklins to take the wife somewhere nice for Valentine's Day!


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[Seven11]

I got impatient and dropped the tumblers out of the new cylinder so I could use the original key. Starts & runs fine now. Seems fitting for this old roach.

still can't start the truck without the key.

so the thieves can't steal it just by jamming a screwdriver or something of sort and turning the ignition.

 

[1955moose]

Trust me if they want your truck, they've got the tools/ keys to get anything. Every see a little movie called gone in 60 seconds.


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[Seven11]

Trust me if they want your truck, they've got the tools/ keys to get anything. Every see a little movie called gone in 60 seconds.

You watch too many movies. Not everybody is a professional car thief. Plus, I do not think any professional thief would take a 1998-2002 Ford Expedition, they aren't worth much. Most of the time, it's just people looking an opportunity to joyride. But you will have these joyriders specialize in a certain Make and Model of cars/trucks. So real car thieves and joyrider who specializes in Ford F150/Expeditions would take it even with all the tumblers in the ignition.

All i was saying, is that OP didn't make it any easier for an opportunity thief to take the car. Might even save him from getting his ignition destroyed.

Guess how I know. They tried and they tried. Didn't take it, though.

 

[1955moose]

You'd be surprised what cars/trucks thieves steal. They actually prefer a older nondescript vehicle. My older brother got his beat up 1979 Toyota pickup stolen from the front of his house. Why a beat up truck? It was stolen by two escape inmates from a nearby prison. It was easy to Hotwire, non obtrusive to police. They found it in Arizona, 3 states away. And yes I do watch too much tv. I also spend too much time on my I phone, and this website. But that's another story.


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