{"id":3515,"date":"2023-12-15T09:29:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T13:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:29:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T13:29:37","slug":"door-locks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=3515","title":{"rendered":"Door locks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1756.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1756.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1756.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1756-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Time to install new door locks. The key for the original locks disappeared sometime in the past so I picked up a new set with  a matching ignition lock. These are not anti-theft units so I&#8217;ll remove the anti-theft wiring and leave it to sit in the bottom of the door in case a future owner wishes to install the feature. It&#8217;s in a tight spot.  I&#8217;ll  remove the locking rod in the front of the photo so I can get my hand in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1758.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1758-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New lock in place. I was just able to get my hand in to start both the big and small clips.  I then use channel lock pliers to get the  big clip in place and long needle nose pliers to coax to small clip into place. I did have to bend the slotted arm a bit to have a good fit to the lock actuating rod. These locks are a bit shorter than the anti-theft units which have a ground wire attachment on the inside end so the end of the lock reaches farther in the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next: time to tackle the sport mirror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time to install new door locks. The key for the original locks disappeared sometime in the past so I picked up a new set with a matching ignition lock. These are not anti-theft units so I&#8217;ll remove the anti-theft wiring and leave it to sit in the bottom of the door in case a future &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=3515\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Door locks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3515"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3517,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515\/revisions\/3517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}