Well, I got my lock replaced but not in the way I was thinking. The replacement cylinder I got from Jim Carter was too big for the retainer spring and did not work nearly as smoothly...crazy since one part is brand new and the other is 57 years old. The cover plate on the new piece didn't snap back in place very well and the shaft was oriented 90 degrees off which made it hard to engage the blade of the shaft into the lock mechanism. If you have working locks but have lost the keys I have some advice --> I went to a local lock smith who quoted me a price of $35 to re-key my cylinder. When I got there I brought the cylinder to him (rather than leaving it in the door of the truck) and he charged me $15 for the rekeying and two keys...gave me a nice discount because it was 35 outside and he was happier working inside the shop compared to outside on the truck. If you can have the old locks fixed it's much better because I was very unimpressed with quality of the reproduction cylinders.
