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05-10-2025 @ 2:06 PM

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Hoping that someone can assist. I just purchased a 1946 Ford Super Deluxe 2doorsedan. The elderly gent that owned it previously threw away the keys. I have a replacement door lock but how do I locate the locking screw or set screw or whatever holds the lock cylinder in the door ?
is it necessary to remove the door panel to access it /

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05-10-2025 @ 7:02 PM

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There should be an access hole in the back edge of the door. There is a screw holding the lock cylinder in place.

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05-10-2025 @ 8:34 PM

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There are two accesses to screw holes in the back edge of the door. The top is for the handle, and the lower one for the door lock. Depending on the width of your weather strip, the holes may be concealed. Lock cylinders have a number code on them, that an old school locksmith can use to duplicate keys,
Also, the locks for the ignition and the doors are the same code/cut. The trunk and the glove box keys pair up but with a different cut.

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05-11-2025 @ 5:16 AM

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Have you tried the ignition key in the door cylinder? The door cylinder usually has a key code stamped on it's side so an original style key can be clipped to fit. Try one of the lock experts on fordbarn.com Phil or John.

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"32phil on the Barn" > https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46583

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05-13-2025 @ 1:28 PM

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speaking of keys, I have a 46 super deluxe convertible as well. The ignition lock was missing and I purchased a new ignition lock. Does anyone know how to install a new ignition lock?

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05-14-2025 @ 8:39 AM

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If the lock is missing you can get a replacement lock. I would try to get an original (NOS) lock for it which are available. On the under side of the steering mount you should see a hole where a pin or set screw once existed. That pin or set screw originally held the original lock in place. Hopefully all the internal mechanism is still intact so all you will need is the new lock. Insert the new lock and hold it in with a new set screw or drive pin. and you should be good to go. There is a depression on the bottom side of the lock that that needs to line up with the hole in the bottom of the mount so the screw or pin keeps the lock in place.

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I believe the original bolts that held the lock cylinder in the drop were of the type that the head sheared off once the bolt was torqued to hold the key cylinder in place. Thus tamper proof, unless you drilled the bolt and used an extractor. A PO of my '46 did something of the sort, and used a slot head bolt in place of the shear type. This pic is looking up from the floor, and the "gray box" at the top of the pic is the ignition switch.

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