The Knowledgebase for Todays Locksmith The FREE Technical Magazine Issue 1 February 2016 www.locksmithmag.com1 Bio’s of this months contributors Martin Pink The highly respected locksmith Martin Pick has been at the forefront of the development of tools and techniques for picking, decoding and opening many of today’s toughest locks. Martin has been instrumental in the development of the Genuine Lishi Brand and he wrote the definitive guide to opening car locks called the Genuine Lishi Training Kit. Martin is known around the globe for his knowledge of car lock technology and is highly sought after at locksmith exhibitions and training events around the world. Massimo Bianchi Massimo Bianchi is the Keyline Strategic Planner and he works tirelessly to advance the reputation of the Keyline brand worldwide. Massimo is highly respected throughout the industry for his passion for locks and his in depth knowledge of keys, key cloning and cutting machines. This knowledge and passion is built on nearly 350 years of the Bianchi family being at the centre of key development and advancement and they have pioneered many developments in the world of key cutting and car key related technology. Chris Belcher Everyone in the locksmith world knows and respects Chris Belcher and his huge knowledge and understanding of locks and how to defeat them. Chris’s development of the RPCP tools to overcome British Standard Mortice Locks revolutionised the industry, and his genius is seen in the Multi Gauge Mortice Pick - the production of which bamboozled even the best engineers in the UK. Of course to Chris this is just business as usual and comes from his skill as a Submarine Engineer in the Royal Navy for over 30 years, as Chris says, “you can’t nip to B&Q when something goes wrong and you are 1000 feet below the surface”. Richard Bunn Having previously worked as an IT professional Richard went on to train with SAVTA (Safe and Vault Technicians) in the USA. On his return to the UK he went in search for as many locksmiths, safe and automotive training courses he possibly could to refine his skills further. Fifteen years of successful locksmithing later, Richard has specialised as an automotive locksmith and completes over a 1000 ‘lost keys’ jobs per year for customers such as the RAC. 2 Letter from the editor Welcome to the very first edition of Cars, Keys and Locks – the technical journal sponsored by Tradelocks. The aim of CKL is to help advance the skills and knowledge of the everyday locksmith, using adept tips and guidance from experts in the industry. Free to all subscribers, CKL will be published every 2 months and will hold the key to solving all those procedural issues you, the professional, may come across each day. With technical guides, top tips from industry leading specialists and an ‘Ask the Expert’ section, where real locksmiths will be answering very real questions you have. The subscription form at the end of this issue has all the details of how you can sign up to receive the most up-to-date information in the industry. Our articles are in-depth and filled with actual photographs of the work in hand, giving you the most comprehensive how to guides available. In this edition we cover VAG vehicles comprehensively with a how to guide from Martin Pink, and the solution to making keys for VAG 2001-2003 vehicles using SuperVAG from Richard Bunn. This reflects the popularity of these cars in the market, with more guides on the new 2015 VAG locks to come in edition 2. We go in depth on the solution to keyless car access, and Keyline take you through the history of Megamos and the challenges they faced and how they got around it. In our ‘On the Bench’ section Chris Belcher also tells you all about the ins and outs of lock bumping. We have made this journal A5, so it can be carried about easily and used as a reference point as you work. Soon we will be releasing the free binder, where you can store all your copies of CKL. The binder will also have a handy reference index where you can quickly and easily get to the article you need when you need it. In closing, I hope you enjoy this edition of Cars, Keys and Locks. Please feel free to email any comments you have to [email protected]. A note from the Sponsors: At last, a magazine written by practising industry experts for the benefit of the industry! No waffle, no news, no self-praising, back slapping articles only of interest to the person who wrote them. Instead just solid technical articles - aimed to help the reader understand a particular issue. This is exactly what the industry has wanted for a long time! It is a tribute to the industry giants who have worked tirelessly to master their subject. We hope you find Cars, Keys and Locks useful, and we hope that it becomes the reference library we aimed it to be and an essential part of your day to day work! Table of Content Tackling VAG locks › part 1 (generation 1,2 and 3) 4 Ask the expert 16 Unlocked: the solution to keyless car access 18 The solution for making keys to vag vehicles 2001 to 2013 (SuperVAG) 24 The Megamos® Crypto Enigma 32 On The Bench: The Ins and Outs of Lock Bumping 36 3 Tackling VAG Locks › Part 1 By Martin Pink (Generation 1,2 and 3) VAG (Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, and HU66 GEN 2 HU66 GEN 3 Skoda) has fast become the most HU162 VAG 2015 9 CUT HU162 VAG 2015 10 Cut important lock to defeat for many! VAG 9 CUT LOCK VAG 10 CUT WITH 4 SIDE CUTS Horizontal keyway with the same profile as the This lock version has 4 side cuts, Unlike other locks, VAG has 3 very 8 cut but with 3 side cut wafers – 2 cuts on 1 profile 2 on the top profile and 2 on the bottom. different generations of the HU66 lock, and 1 cut on the opposite profile. NOTE: the raised lip on the lock body around the plug using 2 very different 2in1 pick decoders. and facecap sits flush to the raised lip. It also has 3 differing 2015 plus VAG Locks that use the HU162 keyway – which requires another 3 distinct picks to defeat it. That said, in this guide we will cover NOTE: there is no lock body lip like with the 9 techniques to help you identify the cut. The facecap overhangs from the lock body correct lock version and select the by 1.25mm – so more profound than the 8 cut, correct tool for the job – as well as best and it also has a horizontal keyway. practices for using the different tools. Identifying HU66 Gen 1, 2 and 3 locks. You can see the face cap of the gen 3 lock is sunken and flush with the body of the lock, the Firstly, let’s look at how to tell the difference between the HU66 gen 3 lock is also much bigger and a totally generation 1, 2 and 3 locks and different shape to the gen 1 and 2 locks next to it. how to deal with them: This makes it instantly identifiable visually – it is Here is a picture of all 6 keyways – this the only one of the VAG HU66 locks that can will help you identify the difference be- be simply identified by appearance. tween the new gen 3 lock and the other locks, visually. VAG locks follow 2 different wafer configurations: 1) Gen 1 lock follows a 1 up 1 down configuration 2) Gen 2 and 3 locks follow a 2 up 2 down configuration As we can easily identify the generation 3 lock visually, we only need to understand how to ID the difference between the gen 1 and 2 lock. HU66 GEN 1 HU162 VAG 2015 8 CUT To do this we must: VAG 2015, 8 CUT a) Fully insert the 2in1 pick into the lock b) Move the lifter to position 1 and find the spring c) Assuming the spring wafer is felt on the bottom grid d) Move the indicator to position 2 e) If the spring wafer is also felt on the bottom grid then it has 2 wafers on same side of lock in a 2 up 2 down format, so it is a gen 2 or 3 lock. If the spring wafer had been felt on the Horizontal keyway with a slightly raised facecap that top grid then this would signify a 1 up 1 down overhangs4 from the lock body by approximately 3/4mm configuration – so would be a generation 1 lock So, the gen 3 lock can be identified visually, To defeat the decode interference change but to tell the difference between the gen 1 made by the manufacturer, Lishi simply and gen 2 lock you must feel using the tool. changed the tool design, so all picking and decoding is carried out using the key snib This is an almost instant confirmation of on the centre of the wafer as shown below: which lock we have in front of us. HU66 GEN 2 HU66 GEN 3 HU162 VAG 2015 9 CUT HU162 VAG 2015 10 Cut Why do we manufacture a single lifter and a twin lifter HU66 2in1 pick and VAG 10 CUT WITH 4 SIDE CUTS This lock version has 4 side cuts, decoder? 2 on the top profile and 2 on the bottom.