Dear Vanagon list members,

Once in awhile someone provides a great service - such news should be
passed on.

The locks on my '84 Vanagon GL have been operating progressively
worse over the past few years.  The passenger door lock and rear
hatch lock were inoperable; the ignition lock was often balky.  To
make matters worse, I had lost the original key, so I only had worn
out copies to jiggle with.  Steve Sandlin, who owns Steve's Lock
Shoppe in Huntsville, TX, cut me a new key from the lock code.  He
also gave me some helpful suggestions for cleaning the locks.  The
new key works perfectly; no more balky, sticky locks.  Every lock
works now!

I'm ordering a couple more keys from Steve, who also carries the
original VW steel keys at a very reasonable price.  Steve is already
listed as a vendor at the vanagon.com site, but I just had to
broadcast a good word.

        http://www.steveslockshop.com

Happy in Alabama,

John Hung
'84 GL (fishing poles now locked!)