Or, you can just pull the ignition key out while the car is running, as I am
able to do wth my 66 B. I assume this is due to wear on the tumblers, and is
not a standard feature. Another symptom leading to this conclusion is that
the glovebox key, the trunk key, and the gas cap key (!) all work in the
ignition (but none of the keys will unlock the doors, alas).
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 7/13/06 4:33 AM, Paul Hunt at paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> Having changed the door and boot locks on my roadster for a new set I have
> an odd key - the original - just for the glovebox. That is on a separate
> quick-release ring which I clip onto the main key ring when not in the car,
> and can quickly unclip to put in the glovebox lock when in the car. But
> having removed the barrel once you should be able to remove the tumblers
> from it, and that way *any* key that physically slides in will be able to
> turn it. A reduction in security, of course, as a screwdriver etc. will
> also be able to undo it, but you can lever the glovebox open with a
> screwdriver anyway! Even originally it was hardly convenient, as most
> people would have the door and ignition keys on a key-ring, which means you
> have to stop the car and remove the keys from the ignition if you want
> anything out of the glovebox. Much better is the later arrangement of a
> lockable push-button.
>
> PaulH.
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