Need key for Yale Mortise lock!

[Pschiffe]

If you "really don't want to have to drill out the lock" because you think it is old and valuable, dont trouble yourself. The cylinder is identical to a new one and would not be likely to be originally fitted on an internal door anyway - probably a later addition.

I can't tell if it is a rim or mortise cylinder from the image, but note that new genuine Yale cylinders list for $63.00 ea. on this side of the pond! The Yale logo shown was discontinued in 1959 and newer versions are simply marked YALE® There are less expensive aftermarket and imports available however.

Pete

[Timothy]

I took the picture to turn around and tone down the light to get a closer look as keyway. It look like to mean there a broken key inside the key way or maybe I'm wrong. Also look like it take a Y1 key blank..Timothy...

[acwhite]

I took the picture to turn around and tone down the light to get a closer look as keyway. It look like to mean there a broken key inside the key way or maybe I'm wrong. Also look like it take a Y1 key blank..Timothy...

Thank you very much, I had not noticed but it does look like there may be something, maybe a broken key in there.

[acwhite]

I can't tell if it is a rim or mortise cylinder from the image, but note that new genuine Yale cylinders list for $63.00 ea. on this side of the pond! The Yale logo shown was discontinued in 1959 and newer versions are simply marked YALE® There are less expensive aftermarket and imports available however.

Pete

Thank you for letting me know. I like having the lock as protection since we haven't gotten an alarm installed yet and the downstairs is basically all windows so I wanted to keep the lock if at all possible but if there is a key broken off in there as one other poster suggested then we may have to drill it out.