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post Jun 23 2006, 06:32 AM
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i have a vent window if you should opt for the shatter route jeff. i know dino has 3 of each side also.

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post Jun 23 2006, 07:17 AM
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Did you lock the keys in the car? In the ignition?

S.O. locked the car w/ keys in ignition. I pried the pass window away from the targa and stuck a wood wedge in to keep the gap open. Then took a long stiff wire (two coat hangers twisted together to make a LONG one), bent a "u" in one end....pushed it thru the gap, hooked the keys and pulled them out.

You could try hooking the lock handle in the same manner....just takes patience.
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post Jun 23 2006, 08:37 AM
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Coat hangers are great tools. Too bad the women in my life are trying to replace every single metal one in the house with plastic ones. They say that clothes hang better on plastic. God help me.

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post Jun 23 2006, 09:27 AM
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If the lockset can be removed from the door handle, the door handle interior bits can be manipulated to un-lock a door lock.

If one bends the last 1\4" of the tip of a flat-bladed screwdriver and places it in the orfice left from the lock having been removed, one will encounter a round hole.

If one pushes up with slight force just behind said hole, using the angled screwdriver tip, at the top, it will unlock the door.

I've done it, not a mark! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/boldblue.gif)

The first and only time, in a parking lot at a motel in Grants, New Mexico. It took ninety minutes and many cuss words, I could do it again in two minutes.

I did have the advantage of the lockset being free to remove easily.


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P.S. My car had new seals everywhere, no whistles even at speed, I was NOT gonna slim-jim it!

Good Luck!
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post Jun 23 2006, 09:45 AM
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Coat hanger, reach in and unlock it via the inner door handle...
I have done both the same side, and the other side...use a really long one, and reach across the car...just takes a few minutes of patience....

Dont break anything...
If you cant get the door handle....roll down the window...a coat hanger works for that also...

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post Jun 23 2006, 09:54 AM
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One alternative can be the rear window, it kind of depends on how good the seal is. Quite often the rear window is loose enough to push in. With a suction cup you would not have to let it drop even.
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post Jun 23 2006, 09:54 AM
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the only seal that could be damaged with a slimjim is a door to window squeegee. i doubt it would be damaged, and if it were, new ones are under $10. i have 2 new wtd pass side seals (still have the stickers) that came with the "3fer" deal. jim that side. quite the conundrum... break a window, spring for a locksmith, or ?. your call.

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post Jun 23 2006, 10:01 AM
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QUOTE(DNHunt @ Jun 23 2006, 07:37 AM) *

Coat hangers are great tools. Too bad the women in my life are trying to replace every single metal one in the house with plastic ones. They say that clothes hang better on plastic. God help me.

Dave


Wood from Ikea is even better! I am hiding all the lil gems down in the cave...

And yes I have a few vents, with doors still attatched! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) I should have a door to door sale!

Driving an 35 year old sportscar now that I am old, 90 bux a year for AAA is dirt cheep and I never have to worry about how acurate my gas gauge is either!
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post Jun 23 2006, 10:17 AM
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I just had the same thing happen to me at work. Locked the keys in the car, windows up.

I found that with a screwdriver, I could pull the driver window out far enough to get a piece of sheet metal into the opening between the window and top and used it to nudge the window handle on the inside. After nudging the handle for a bit, I got the window down about 4 inches, enough to reach in and unlock the door.

The sheet metal measured 8in x 30in and I had just picked it up for some bodywork. The trunk was not locked.

Good luck. Don't break a window.

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post Jun 23 2006, 10:59 AM
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Passenger windows have enough flex in them to slide a coat hanger wire through and then you just fish for the door handle and pull. Done it a couple times over 20 years of 914 ownership
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post Jun 23 2006, 11:13 AM
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Don't break the small vent window glass, especially if it's tinted. Find another way to get into the car. Vent windows have a slight radius and tinted ones are difficult to find. When I needed one I found (15) no-tint to (1) tinted. For that matter all tinted door & windshield glass is hard to find in good condition.

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post Jun 23 2006, 01:55 PM
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The coat hanger idea is a good one, Butt instead of trying to pull the handle. Use the hanger to roll down the window. Takes 5 minutes. Course I have done it a few times. Might take 20 total with bending the hanger. A hint is to use the curved part to get at the window crank.
Good luck. I usually go in from the top of the window towards the rear. That is where you will have the most play in the window.
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post Jun 23 2006, 02:12 PM
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Jun 23 2006, 08:45 AM) *

Coat hanger, reach in and unlock it via the inner door handle...
I have done both the same side, and the other side...use a really long one, and reach across the car...just takes a few minutes of patience....

Dont break anything...
If you cant get the door handle....roll down the window...a coat hanger works for that also...

Rich

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Rich is right on the money here.

If the window is down enough get a long stick/pipe/whatever you can and tape the hook part of a hanger to the end & go for the lock on the opposite side you’re working from.

If the window is rolled up tight, use a opened hanger from the top corner by the sail panel and go for the window handle (on the same side) till you have enough room to work.

Just think about what you are trying to get to and bend the hanger accordingly.

I’ve done it plenty of times, it will work.
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post Jun 23 2006, 02:16 PM
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It's a convertible! just cut the top! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif)

Jes' kidding (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Break out a beer or 2 and keep trying the coat hanger thingy. Look at it as a challenge.

Once on Kauai we were at a beach, locked the keys in the trunk (IMG:style_emoticons/default/alfred.gif) Found a rental car with a radio antenna that unscrewed so... bent the tip (after un-screwing) and opened the car then re-installed antenna (with partially straightened tip)! The beach is now refered to by the girls as KLIT beach (Keys Locked In Trunk) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)

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post Jun 23 2006, 02:16 PM
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Notice how many club members are skilled at auto theft???
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post Jun 23 2006, 02:24 PM
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QUOTE(Howard @ Jun 23 2006, 01:16 PM) *

Notice how many club members are skilled at auto theft???

I for one have never stolen a car or even car stereos. That being said, in the day there wasn't a pre early 80's car I couldn't get in quickly (Emilio Estevez had nothing on me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )
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post Jun 23 2006, 04:51 PM
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i'm tellin ya man.

10 minutes, make a hanger straight, insert in door between door metal and window, find a ledge or flat piece and push.

POP

and your in.

and if you wanna get it started, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

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post Jun 23 2006, 06:50 PM
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Thanks for all the help guys. Got the car unlocked by using a hangar on the window crank. (6 beers later) Gotta love my first experience with a 914. Now time to get it running. I'll have more questions. Trust me.
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post Jun 23 2006, 10:21 PM
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You could have also cut the top... everyone has 4 of those...(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Glad you got in without damage!!
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post Jun 25 2006, 05:11 PM
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The one time I got locked out of my car I was able to unlatch the targa top with a coat hanger. Did the rear latches first and then the front. I couldn't reach the door latch with the coat hanger. (I'll try rolling down the window next time.)
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