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09-19-2005, 03:12 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Livermore
Posts: 5,182
M.O.C. #1920
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Replacing Keys
Over the weekend, someone broke the window out of our truck to get the radar detector and also gotour set of Montana keys. Do all RV dealers have the same keys, or do I need to go to Montana dealer? Our dealer is twenty miles away and there is a non-Montana dealer right down the road. Unfortunately, some people can't keep their hands off of other people's stuff.
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Ron and Terrie Ames plus Meg - MOC #1920/KF0NTA
2021Montana 3230CK Super Solar+ Legacy Package
2021 Ram 3500 Laramie Longhorn, BIM Charging
4x4, SRW, LB, Crew Cab, Pullrite 3900 Hitch
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09-19-2005, 03:32 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Fort Wayne
Posts: 689
M.O.C. #1536
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Don't you have another set that you could take and have new ones made
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09-19-2005, 04:15 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Troy
Posts: 1,980
M.O.C. #808
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Ron and Terry, sorry to hear about your trouble. You can go to any RV dealer and get a complete new set of keys. The only problem you might run into is if you had the deadbolt locked, then they will have to go up thru your laundry shoot to unlock the deadbolt.Hope you can get it fixed before the thief figures out that he has the keys.
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09-19-2005, 04:19 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: none
Posts: 1,566
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It's a shame things like this has to happen...I hope you fine the person or person's responsible.
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09-20-2005, 07:22 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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The Montana dealer will have only the locker key. Not the door key. He will have a master you can use to get inside if you locked only the top lock, not the deadbolt. You can get in by forcing open a locker door with a long screwdriver, then crawl up through the laundry chute. Been there, done that.
Once inside, if you take off the screws off the black handle unit on the door, inside there is an 800 number and a key number. Call, give those folks the numbers and a credit card number and in less than a week you should have two new keys. Been there, too. Ours cost less than five bucks including shipping. That was back in 2002.
Good luck.
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09-20-2005, 02:13 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Livermore
Posts: 5,182
M.O.C. #1920
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Thanks for the response. Sriegle - I have the other set of keys with the key # on it. Can't they give me a key to match that #? Inquiring minds want to know. Unfortunately, we drove from Illinois to Omaha, Ne. for my Mom's 80th birthday, and it happened at the motel. Don't have those problems at the campground - at least not the ones we've been to. Since we don't keep the RV at home, there is little chance the thief and the RV will ever meet. In the unfortunate case we would meet when I am there, they will need a stretcher and a sheet. Not that it upset me or anything.
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Ron and Terrie Ames plus Meg - MOC #1920/KF0NTA
2021Montana 3230CK Super Solar+ Legacy Package
2021 Ram 3500 Laramie Longhorn, BIM Charging
4x4, SRW, LB, Crew Cab, Pullrite 3900 Hitch
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09-20-2005, 08:20 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Bakersfield
Posts: 5,316
M.O.C. #15
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Ron,
We simply took our keys down to a local key store. They had the blank they needed and in just a matter of minutes we had a replacement keys. Cost was nominal wait was none and we were happy again within minutes. Keystone dealer did not have the blanks would have to order them!
Hope they catch the scum that did the deed.
Good luck.
HamRad
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09-21-2005, 03:31 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Haldimand County
Posts: 2,413
M.O.C. #122
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Hi Ron and Terrie,
Sorry about the truck break in.
We did not get broken into, but we did once drive from Ontario to Alabama where our trailer was in storage, only to discover that we had left our trailer keys at home! Intially we borrowed a locker key and crawled through to open the door from the inside. Later a locksmith came out and made us a new set of keys on the spot. Cost a bit, but was pretty quick and easy, plus the locksmith gave us lots of tips about places to see and visit.
Good luck, having met you, I would not want to be the thief, if you ever catch up with him!
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09-21-2005, 05:24 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Yuma
Posts: 856
M.O.C. #1935
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Rames14, The key #'s on the keys and in the door as Steve suggested are code #'s for remaking new keys to work with the cylinder in your lock. As long as you have the correct Blank and the right cut #'s for the cylinder, anyone who cuts keys manually, (a locksmith, local hardware store), should be able to remake you a new key. Sorry to hear about your breakin. Good luck.
Joy
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09-22-2005, 09:03 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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I agree with the others. I lost ALL the keys when on the way home from the dealer on delivery day so had no key to match to and assumed your boat was similar. Hopefully by now you have a new set.
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09-30-2005, 09:41 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Fairbanks
Posts: 43
M.O.C. #4391
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Now I have heard (and please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on this) that those plastic wallet spare key things are designed so that when you insert one into a lock and turn it, it actually cuts the key to fit that lock.
If this is in fact the case, then one of these wallet things would do in a pinch to at least get you inside your unit (or vehicle).
Conversly, if this is the case, none of our vehicles or RV's are safe, since anyone can pick these wallet keys up at any hardware store for a couple bucks!
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09-30-2005, 10:52 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Anywhere
Posts: 3,430
M.O.C. #29
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None of the plastic type wallet keys I've had are NOT ones that "cut" themselves when inserted into lock. Rather they are precut and then simply stored in your wallet in case of need. I can't imagine such a key as you described being allowed on the market. It would be a thieves holiday!
RVWheels
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10-04-2005, 06:28 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Fairbanks
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M.O.C. #4391
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That's what I first thought too RVWheels... I couldn't believe such a thing would be allowed. I don't remember where I heard this but I thought "you know this is just crazy enough to be true"...I thought that maybe it was something that wasn't well known - there are a lot of surprising "little known facts" and some of them are downright scary!
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