I nned help with a combo briefcase

[smackjack]

I have a combonation breifcase that uses henges to lock on each side.

There are three combo numbers on each side. Could use some help opening it.

[Pickermeapie]

001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, etc.

Prob the easiest way, unless you have a sesamee decoder or thickness gaguges
-Pickermeapie

[master in training]

I've never decoded a briefcase before, but apparently, if you get a thin piece of metal you can put it between the dials and when the metal hits a flat bit as you turn, its the right number.

[gnoff]

www.southord.com has an excelect supply of lockpicks, including seseme decoders...i believe they run at about 9$...correct me if im wrong

[NDE Manipulation]

Take a half diamond pick and slip it between the latch and the front face of the lock where the latch enters and push the bolt back. If the tolerances are such that a pick is too thick to use, get a set of automotive feeler gauges and try them out until you find the thickest one that fits and cut it down a bit, narrowing the end, until you can get it in there to manipulate the bolt and then keep the tool. Most of them can be defeated this way in seconds. Some of them, however, cannot. All depends on what type you have.

The inside portion of the latch that enters the face of the lock has a narrow, rectangular window that the spring-loaded bolt enters into, the idea is to push that bolt out of the window and the latch, being spring-loaded itself, will spring open.

All you have to do is then use the tool to hold the bolt back and you can usually reset the combination while you're at it.

[security_lock]

You don't need a sesame decoder. I always use a piece of thin plastic, but a piece of sturdy paper (I sometimes use a trainticket ) will work just fine.

You stick it next to the number-dial and turn the number. Normally, you should feel a smooth object (this is the spool the dials are mounted on). When you feel a ditch in this spool, you've got the right number.
If you don't feel anything, try each side of the number.

Do this for each three numbers. If you're lucky, the combination is the same on both dials. If not, it will just cost a few seconds more to repeat the process................

(This will probably only work with an user-resettable combination)

[raimundo]

So what high school did you go to? I graduated from Aquinas in 67. Does your lock have a little button that needs to be pushed sideways to open the latches? I you put pressure on this button and then feel the three wheels, one of them may be taking the pressure and you can feel a tightness in it that is not there when the pressure is off, you can even start rapidly pressing and releasing the button and feel the three wheels, you are looking for the wheel that is most affected by this, when you find one, move it one number and repeat until you find a number where its not affected, then try the other two number wheels, you can even put pressure on the button and roll the wheels until you drop into a groove. once you think you have two wheels set up, just try the button at each of the ten numbers on the final wheel. there is no particular order that always applies, you will have to feel it out. On the plus side, its easy.

[NKT]

The easiest way is to just look down the side of the dials, and spin them round. Look for the one that is different on each number, and line them up. Sometimes it is a flat, sometimes a pin.

Once lined up, try it. If not, rotate the whole row up a line, then try again, and repeat eight times.

If that didn't work, you are trying to open a Delsey (sp?) briefcase, and you need to do 000, 001, 002. The key locks are easy, though, unlike the Samsonite ones, which are easy along with the combo lock!

On a similar note, I have a really nice 4 digit padlock, shaped as a continuous U shackle that drops straight into the cylindrical body of the lock. You change the combo by popping the shackle round a bit, then closing the lock next to where you actually lock it, then turning the end bit with a screwdriver, set the code, then turn it back, open it, then you can use it.

I thought I was getting the right feedback, but I knew the number, so wasn't sure. I asked my other half to change it for me. Alas, she didn't actually look at it, and hands it back. I try for an hour, then ask, and she tells me she doesn't know! D'oh! 0001, 0002, 0003...
Anyone who can even ID the lock, PM me! Please!

[spunoff]

do you mean preston in victoria , australia ? or somewhere really far away from me ?
thanks

[NKT]

somewhere really far away from me ?

[archangel]

yeah does anyone know how to get the code to a Zero Halliburton breifcase? without a decoder or a tool that i have to order? Its a 3 dial code...

[digital_blue]

Yes, try all 1000 combos. It may sound like a lot of work, but I can do it in under 10 minutes... I'm sure you can too.

Cheers!

db

[Jason13]

Do you mean trying every single password there is jsut to find that 1 you can do it under 10 seconds, WoW

[Jason13]

oo 10 mins oops but still thats fast.