Badass94Cad wrote on 12/06/13 at 08:14:46:


I was pretty surprised at the quotes I got, but both places pretty much said the same thing about the key configs and process etc. and they were within 20-30.00 of each other. The dealer quoted me 15.00 with a key code, but no key code anywhere on the switch. I'm also tempted to go "redneck" and just drill out the lock and make it a screwdriver ignition. I'm not in panic mode to decide what to do because we're down to 50 degrees and I have the chain tensioner and starter limiter out and waiting on gaskets and a Raptor fuel thingy to arrive. I might check Bob's junkyard for an ignition set. They've done me pretty good so far on parts.

No black strip. I even removed the plastic piece from the back and looked inside the guts. I guess the figured no one smart enough to own a Savage would be dumb enough to only have one key.  

OHOHOHOH!! There is a black strip but nothing under it. (Don't know how I missed it before...) But I looked at the black strip with a magnifying glass and it has some numbers embossed on it!  They are almost flattened out and I'm not sure I can read them, they're pretty worn off. I'll try some CSI stuff like maybe dust it with some graphite or cornstarch to see if I can get the impressions to stand out a little bit clearer.  

should be a letter and 5 digits, 6 all together.

If thats a flat spot that you can press onto a flat spot, maybe taping paper to glass & dressing the plastic piece with some ink from a marker pen, then pressing gently onto the paper would give it you, bakkerds..
Just be gentle, no need to be mashing the evidence.

Ive got some of those lenses with a headband, like jewelers wear. Comes with a drop down loupe, for more manglefication. If ya dont have one,, ya need one. Hobby Lobby has them & theyre better than the Harbor Freight ones, but shop both & decide

If it Could be a 0, or it could be a 6,, couldnt it also be an 8? Still,, be ahead if its $45.00.. Maybe you can get a volume discount? OR, Take the iggy switch in & let the smith stick the blank in & make a key..
I had a locksmith rescue me when I was 22.. only about 36 years ago,,
I left Thibodeaux La. for Odessa texas. Took a cab to the storage building I had my car in,, & SHAZZAM! I left the keys on my DRESSER!!  Sopo,, long about 2 AM I called a locksmith. He came out, I held the light, ( I SOOO Like holding the light!) & he stuck a key in the door & wiggled it, took it out, studied, filed, back in, more wiggling, more filing, finally, the door opened, then he did the same with the iggy,,
He told me usually charged a lot more, but that since I was so interested in how he was doin that & was kinda fun to help, he just took a crisp $20.00 bill & went his way..
Anyway,, seems a locksmith otta be able to build a key,,& if you can provide the code that lay out most of the profile,, well,,

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Well,, was it a 6 or a 0 or an 8?