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    Since your broke the teeth off you'll have to get a blank and they'll put it in a machine. It may be pricey considering they can't simply make a copy. Be sure to get a spare! Good luck to you buddy!

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    If both of the broken teeth are on the same side then it should be fairly easy for them to make the copy from the remaining good side.

    You should also look into why the teeth broke. If there is a problem with the tumbler then that needs to be fixed before it breaks the new key too.
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    Great post.... since it reminds me.... I need to do the same. Always had 2 sets of keys and fobs, and gave my mom one set to hold on to. She always kept it in a "safe" place in her kitchen. Well, she had her kitchen remodeled form ground up one day years ago, and it just, vanished. So, been sitting on my only key and fob since. They go walk-about, and I go fubar, heh. Should probably get that ball rolling.
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    I bought one of those Isuzu keys from eBay for $10.00; well I took it to Ace Hardware to have them cut it to my existing working Isuzu key. It turns out that the new key was slightly longer, and that jacked up the cutting. So now I have a worthless $10.00 key. So my advise would be to go to a true locksmith.

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    Sorry to hear that...

    Quote Originally Posted by Bird Dog 36 View Post
    I bought one of those Isuzu keys from eBay for $10.00; well I took it to Ace Hardware to have them cut
    it to my existing working Isuzu key. It turns out that the new key was slightly longer, and that jacked up the cutting.
    So now I have a worthless $10.00 key. So my advise would be to go to a true locksmith.
    My local Ace had blanks for our keys right off the shelf...
    ...and they work great.

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