Re: Series 23 Trunk Lock

Posted by Packard Don On 2017/8/15 16:46:15

I had this issue on my Imperial where the keys got lost during the shop move a decade ago. I simply took out the lock and had it rebuilt by a local locksmith to the same code but with new tumblers so it works like it should now. I thought I could save myself some trouble by just making a key to fit the glove box lock which was more easily accessible for removal, then use it to open the trunk (before I remembered the remote electric power trunk switch) but it turned out that that lock, which uses the same key, has only a fraction of the tumblers that the trunk lock has but once the trunk lock was re-keyed, that key also fit the glove box as it should. Bottom line it so not use the glove box lock in order to try to make a key to fit the trunk! Maybe Packard's two locks are the same but I doubt it.

Also, you can sometimes get a different Packard key to work by keeping gentle radial pressure (clockwise as I recall) while at the same time sliding it in and out a little. If you're lucky and if the key is already one that is close to yours, you just may be able to make all the tumblers move enough to get it open for removal and re-keying.