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    Posted: 28 Jul 2019 at 2:42pm
I put all keyless entry locks on my pod. I bought the RVlock.com keyless entry for the door, I absolutely will never go back to a keyed door lock again. Then I replaced the storage compartment door locks with combi cam combination locks
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Posts: 2774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Jul 2019 at 3:22pm
Sorry I did not include a link. etrailer has a selection of them in different lengths here.
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Originally posted by GlueGuy

You can get replacement lock cylinders to replace ones in your storage compartment and the shower door. We did that, and now one key opens them all.

Great tip, thank you! 
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Posts: 2774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Jul 2019 at 12:22pm
Originally posted by LemhiRG

We plan to put a lock on the outdoor storage. But you're right, no RV is particularly secure!
You can get replacement lock cylinders to replace ones in your storage compartment and the shower door. We did that, and now one key opens them all.
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We plan to put a lock on the outdoor storage. But you're right, no RV is particularly secure!
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Originally posted by LemhiRG

If we couldn't wiggle in through a window (no damage, thank goodness), going in through the outdoor storage was Plan B. 

Also an indicator that the pod isn't exactly secure storage!

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If we couldn't wiggle in through a window (no damage, thank goodness), going in through the outdoor storage was Plan B. I wasn't sure either of us could contort enough to make it work!

I'm bummed about needing to track down and install a new deadbolt and handle, but it could have been worse. An easy fix, as they come!
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Posts: 473 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Jul 2019 at 9:02pm
I'm glad the emergency has been cancelled. It is nice sometimes to be a bean pole.

As an alternative to going thru the window, (hopefully no damage was done during the process(?)), in a 171/2 and looking at the floorplan, in yours, a storage door enables access under the bed. No damage is done that way in getting access to the interior, but couch potatoes need not apply.
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Thank you for the recommendation! 

My husband was actually able to shimmy into the tiny window above the bed (he's a beanpole!) and he had to unscrew and remove the entire lock mechanism from the inside to get the door open. Something has gone amiss with the deadbolt.

Time for an entire new mechanism!
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Posts: 168 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Jul 2019 at 7:38pm
Is there any locksmith's in the area of the rv shop?  If you are a member of the good Same club they might have road side Assistance for locked RV's?

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