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Rebuilding 2 medeco pay phone locks

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Rebuilding 2 medeco pay phone locks

Postby Gantry » 19 Jul 2018 15:32

So, I've had this pay phone for a number of years. It's in great shape and was professionally converted for home use. It still has all the coin mech's in it but you don't need to use a coin to operate it. It has two keyed locks which in turn lets you release a heavy duty locking bars (this takes a "T" shape "key" to move them). Any how to the point, nether of of the locks had any keys, key pins or top pins. This way the owner can use any thin screwdriver etc. to open the phone up. I really wanted working locks and so my quest began:

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I found 2 working locks with 2 keys per lock ($19 U.S. including shipping). They are medeco 4 pin locks and are in Ok shape. They are keyed differently but this is fine as I believe they where originally keyed this way as one lock lets you get into the "guts" of the phone and the other one is for the coin box, in this way a phone technician wouldn't have access to the money box. (top lock was ebay buy, bottom lock came with phone - better shape but no pins or keys.

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Pulled the core and took all the pins out of the "old" lock and put in the new ones. This was all kinda new to me as I've never dealt a side bars or beveled pins before.

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Got them both rebuilt ok (I was a little bummed that one of the cores only had 3 pins, so was missing key & top pins from one chamber and making this type of pin is beyond me). Once everything was back together
they actually worked!

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If anyone is interested in seeing the "inner guts" of the phone and how the locks and the locking bars inter connect let me know and I'll make anther post. Gantry
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Re: Rebuilding 2 medeco pay phone locks

Postby GWiens2001 » 19 Jul 2018 15:37

I’d like to see the guts. :)

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Re: Rebuilding 2 medeco pay phone locks

Postby billdeserthills » 19 Jul 2018 22:06

So for a total of $38 and your time I think you did pretty great
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Re: Rebuilding 2 medeco pay phone locks

Postby Gantry » 20 Jul 2018 13:29

billdeserthills wrote:So for a total of $38 and your time I think you did pretty great


Your right Billeserthills, It was fun (and maybe a little nerve racking, having never done that type of lock before). Best of all it was $19 for BOTH locks!
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Re: Rebuilding 2 medeco pay phone locks

Postby billdeserthills » 20 Jul 2018 14:47

Gantry wrote:
billdeserthills wrote:So for a total of $38 and your time I think you did pretty great


Your right Billeserthills, It was fun (and maybe a little nerve racking, having never done that type of lock before). Best of all it was $19 for BOTH locks!


Great deal!
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