front door lock broke,,NOW WHAT???{{{{UPDATE}}}}}}

joelyn wrote:
UPDATE}}}}}} UPDATE}}}}}}
OK, when I got up this Am i contacted my car ins. company (Geico), they also insure our trailer and explained the problem with my lock and he stated that we are covered for a locksmith to come out up to 100.00 per incident. So they contacted a locksmith in our area and they found one that would do the job for 55.00.
So 2 hours later he showed up and stuck a lock picking pick in the cylinder and popped open the lock. he said that on these FIC locks a pin inside sometimes slips making the lock think its locked and somehow will not let the key to be inserted. He stated that it happens sometimes as the lock gets older and the parts start to wear down inside. He said it may not ever happen again but advised to replace the lock since they are fairly a cheap insurance .
So I will look for one on line and replace it this weekend.
So all in all everything worked out fine with no damage being caused to anything and best of all no cost to me.
Want to thank everyone for all the help, suggestions and advise that was offered. As usual, everyone on here is always ready to help out when ever a problem arises. This is my first place to come to to see what can be done no matter what goes wrong.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

Sanity wins and no travel trailers were harmed in the process. Nice work. Even if you would have had to pay for the locksmith it was always a better choice over cutting up your RV.

Plastic bag over the head avoiding wearing this food fight...

Quicksilver has an emergency exit like all school buses. It also has in the highly modified windows glass that is laminated rather than tempered.

The emergency door does not have any way to open it from outside. I used a commercial stainless steel dead bolt lock on the main door. The darned lock was so expensive new I settled for a used lock manufactured in 1947. I had a locksmith cut extra keys (the blanks are incredibly difficult to find).

His comment? "Now *this* is a lock!"

Lock fluid every six months and MASKING TAPE over the keyhole when it sits. Masking tape is cheap.

Again, that is YOUR opinion.

You are one weird dude. I have no idea why you want to argue over such petty things.
It's time I try out the ignore feature on this site. I'm done.

By the way, the word is bull headed.

2112 wrote:
You directed comments towards my post just because you see this a different way. All I said was I saw I guy cut his lock assembly with a Dremel to get his door open.

Wrong again ... I simply said that IMO taking a high speed cutting tool such as a Dremel anywhere near a camper is a terrible idea. I don't care who suggests it, you or the man from Timbuktu, I think it's a terrible idea and I said so. You're free to disagree as much as you want but there's no need to direct a personal attack, such as - "You seem to be unable to accept any other method than your own. We have a word for that down here." Well guess what, we have a name for folks like you who choose to argue for the sake of it, casting dispersions on others because you can't come up with anything better to say. The point is, I have my opinion, you have yours ... fine by me, should be fine by you as well - in other words we agree to disagree. :)

Friend's wife locked them out of their Class C over labor day weekend. Luckily there was a pass-through from the rear storage compartment into the master bedroom closet. They sent the 12-year-old grandson on a spelunking mission.

2112 wrote:
Out of your own admission you will not be able to use your alternate entrance without finding a small child but go ahead and knock yourself out.

SoundGuy wrote:
Incorrect, I never said that ...

SoundGuy wrote:
I doubt I could squeeze through one of those openings but a 10 yr old sure would, at which point that same 10 yr old could remove the screws securing the entry door lock. Considering this is such an easy and obvious solution for most to gain entry into their travel trailer in a case where the entry door lock may have failed there's not a chance I'd ever consider taking a Dremel tool or pry or anything else to the door lock. :E

So I'm to believe someone else wrote this?

SoundGuy wrote:

It's unfortunate that you can't just agree to disagree but rather find it necessary to be offensive in your comments just because you see this a different way ... so typical. :(

Man, what are you talking about agreeing to disagree? For some reason you seemed to have taken a personal attack towards me. You directed comments towards my post just because you see this a different way. All I said was I saw I guy cut his lock assembly with a Dremel to get his door open. You repeatedly beat on this. I didn't tell the OP this is the only way to get the job done or this is better than that. Chill out!

Have you ever used a Dremel? Chances of it getting away from you is next to never.

So typical of what? Care to elaborate on this?

2112 wrote:
Out of your own admission you will not be able to use your alternate entrance without finding a small child but go ahead and knock yourself out.

Incorrect, I never said that ... rather, I'm suggesting that if one found it difficult to lift the bed platform (with the weight of the mattress obviously bearing down on it) from inside the storage area below then crawling through cabinet doors that many install on the end of the bed platform for convenience of access could be an option. I'll try it in the spring myself when I mod that storage compartment panel in my own trailer so it can be quickly removed from the pass through side but I have little doubt I will be able to elevate the bed platform with no difficulty at all. It's unfortunate that you can't just agree to disagree but rather find it necessary to be offensive in your comments just because you see this a different way ... so typical. :(

WOW, all I did was relay what I have witnessed. I think you're making a bigger issue of this than warranted.
If you have this grave concern of a little hand tool getting away from someone and causing all this carnage stay away from the dentist. You seem to be unable to accept any other method than your own. We have a word for that down here.

Out of your own admission you will not be able to use your alternate entrance without finding a small child but go ahead and knock yourself out. That seems to be a $10 solution to a fifty cent problem.