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Old Oct 10, 2019 | 01:49 AM
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I can buy the latch but the key lock is the problem everywhere is selling just the latch by itself anywhere I can get the latch and key lock
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Old Oct 10, 2019 | 05:13 AM
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There are some for sale on eBay right now with the lock. The downside is the key lock itself wont be of any use because the tumblers probably won't be correctly matched for your key, thus not being able to lock/unlock it.

When I bought my car the latch was broken so I bought a used one and swapped out the key locks from the latch housing itself so I could actually lock/unlock it with my key.

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Old Oct 10, 2019 | 11:33 AM
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The glove box latches are the biggest POS. I've already gone through 3.
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Originally Posted by 02torchred
There are some for sale on eBay right now with the lock. The downside is the key lock itself wont be of any use because the tumblers probably won't be correctly matched for your key, thus not being able to lock/unlock it.

When I bought my car the latch was broken so I bought a used one and swapped out the key locks from the latch housing itself so I could actually lock/unlock it with my key.

You can take the lock to a locksmith and have it rekeyed to match your glovebox key. I did it with my 65.
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