Ford 8-cut Standard
This set consists of 8 keys; each is designed to decode a particular space within the lock. W hen used properly, you will yield a key in minutes with very little practice. The keys are designed to stop, or catch on tumbler depths of2, 3, 4 and5. It will not stop on a#1 depth tumbler. Make sure you fully understand the procedure before attempting to decode a lock.
NOTE: Practice on a lock in your shop or home before attempting in the field.
Locator Tool
All8-cut Ford door locks consist of6tumblers in spaces 1-6, or2-7. In order for the keys to work, you have to know whether the odds are on the top or the bottom of the lock. Provided is a— locator “tool that will reveal this for you. Most door locks with 1-6 will have the odds on the bottom, but the trunk may have odds on the top. Be sure you know before using the keys or you will not be successful.
Above is the —locator tool. Insert the tool into the lock you are decoding. It can be a door, trunk, or non-sidebar ignition. Pullout on the tool until it stops; it will trap one of the tumblers. Keeping out ward pressure on the key, fully insert the slide tool until it bottoms out in the back of the lock. Take note of the number the slide tool‘s index mark lines up with. This will be the tumbler you have trapped. The —V“cutout in the head of the key indicates which side of the lock the trapped tumbler is on. So in this illustration, tumblernumber3 is on the bottom of the lock. Therefore, odds are on bottom and evens are on top.
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