It isn't often that a job falls into place, but here was one. And I have to blow my own horn now and again.
Got a call last week from a fellow, lost the key to a 85 Nissan. I havn't done car work in a couple years, and havn't done any impressioning at last two years.
Look it up in the Ilco book, and determine it's the 8 wafer system. Real pain. But, I figured I could probably find a code.
Got to the location, and can't find a code on the lock. Both door locks are corroded solid and I'm not about to take the door apart to look for numbers.
With some hesitation, I got my file, and went about impressioning. Entirely to my surprise, I got a key that worked on the first key blank. I climbed into the van and decoded it by eye, and made a key on the grinder that worked -- also first try.
So, tell me, did the sun and moon and stars all line up last Saturday? Was venus in the hemisphere? Or was I just lucky?