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OT: Replacement key for a 75 jeep?!?

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Casey in Ky

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I've got an old 75 cherokee chief setting in the bushes.
Decided to get it going and of course, I can't find the keys. Any
idea where I could get a set or even if it's possible without
changing the cylinder??
 
It would be cheaper in the long run just order a key and cylinder. Lock smith could do it but at a cost that would be more than a key and cylinder. another thought maybe find one at a junk yard.
 
I thought that you could just go to the dealer with VIN and Reg, and get a new one. A friend did it once.
 
I'll check with the local jeep dealer tomorrow but I figured where it was an old amc they'd be no help. If they aren't, which I'm guessing they won't be, I'll price a new cylinder and key at the parts store. Just don't want to put much into it as there's not much to it anyways.. Just something fun I guess.
 
That MIGHT be possible on a vehicle 10 years old or less. For a 1975 model, they would have other suggestions.
 
Pull one of the door lock cylinders, have a key made. It should fit the ignition.

Getting the ignition lock cylinder out without a key is difficult to do without damaging the column.
 
OK, I may be wrong here, but a Jeep of that era was still being built by AMC. I had an AMC Eagle as a teenager, and I had to replace a key for it once. In doing so, I learned that the electrical systems in an AMC were actually made by General Motors, and that GM key stock was the same stock used by AMC.

Might get you a step closer.
 
Locksmith can do it cheaper than a dealer, try them first. Some of them may have access to information that would allow them to cut a key from data found on the vehicle. When my oldest daughter started driving I went to get her keys for our Honda car. Our local locksmith didn't want to cut a key off the key we had because it was worn. I got him some numbers off the car and he was able to access an online data base that gave him the code to cut a fresh key.
 
Is the switch in the dash or steering column? If it is in the dash, it would likely be cheaper to just replace it with a universal switch from a parts store. UNLESS the same key fits the doors also. If one key unlocks everything, then it would be wise, as someone suggested, to remove a door lock and take it to a locksmith to cut a new key.
 
You the cylinder should have a key cut code stamped into it. Did that with my dads 1946 Chevy pickup.
 
(quoted from post at 01:48:32 03/10/15) OK, I may be wrong here, but a Jeep of that era was still being built by AMC. I had an AMC Eagle as a teenager, and I had to replace a key for it once. In doing so, I learned that the electrical systems in an AMC were actually made by General Motors, and that GM key stock was the same stock used by AMC.

Might get you a step closer.
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Yep, that should be a GM steering column in that Jeep, a tumbler and key from any GM of that era should get you going.
 
Pull the passengers side door panel off and remove the lock. Take it to a place that cuts keys. The number on it will tell them all they need to know and they can cut you a new set.

Greg
 
(quoted from post at 18:17:50 03/10/15) Pull the passengers side door panel off and remove the lock. Take it to a place that cuts keys. The number on it will tell them all they need to know and they can cut you a new set.

Greg
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itto....I've done this at least 6 times. That code on that particular lock cylinder will allow them to cut a complete set of keys for that vehicle. Last one I did was a 49 Chevy car. Also did it on a 56 Cadillac and a 79 Mercedes.
 
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