Repurposing glove compartment lock

[Chargerx3]

My 2nd gen has the lock on the glovebox. It's a short cylinder, works with the same key, but the key only goes in halfway.

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I spoke to a locksmith about getting a cap with a lock, or a cylinder for the door, and having it rekeyed so it would work with the same key. He said he could do it if he had the rekeying kit for older mitsubishis, but since they are not common it was not worth it to him to buy the kit for a couple hundred bucks and never use it. He has the kits for Ford, GM and Toyota because those are common. Maybe he's full of it, but that what he told me...
I'll look into that oversees cap, and find another locksmith!

You are lucky. Guarantee your truck has all the options in it as well then. Have cruise control?

[MrPaco]

You are lucky. Guarantee your truck has all the options in it as well then. Have cruise control?

I think it has everything that was available, except A/C... (thinking about fixing that), and no cruise control. I don't think it was an option in '87, maybe later?

[StarquestMan]

ive seen one or two with cruise control, it was a dealer accessory, my parts catalog shows it came from mopar

[StarquestMan]

this truck, the first one on the list from viking auto in redding CA has it (well had it, i told them i wanted the seat out of it but they crushed it, assholes!!!) but the pictures are still posted. you can see a little black bowling ball looking thing on the passenger inner fender, thats the vacuum tank for it and the little controller is near the dash dimmer knob.

http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi

[StarquestMan]

oops link doesn't work unfortunately

[Chargerx3]

I think it has everything that was available, except A/C... (thinking about fixing that), and no cruise control. I don't think it was an option in '87, maybe later?

Ive only ever seen 1 or 2 with cruise. I think they were 4x4 88's. Surprised yours doesnt have AC. All of my V6 4x4's have it.