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Manual Door Locks

Okay, so here's one for ya. a friend of mine and i were going out to my truck. i would SWEAR the doors were locked. he got to the truck first, and was somehow INSIDE my truck's cab when i got there. no broken windows, no damage to the truck. it is a single cab, manual windows and door locks. he did not have a coat hanger. or a lockpick that i could tell of. is there ANYONE who can tell me how he got in it? because it's pissing me off a lot. now i'm worried about someone breaking into it and stealing everything i own.
 
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How far behind him were you? Could have used the antenna trick. Positive the doors were locked?
 
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i'm fairly sure the doors were locked. he did it as i was walking around to get in. antenna trick? haven't heard of it.
 
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There is a way to unlock the doors through the door handle if you have something like a screwdriver or maybe just a thin rod ?
A friend of mine that owns a Tow Service showed me the trick, I needed it one cold morning, wanted to leave the truck running to warm up, jumped out of the truck at the coffee shop locked the doors and didn’t take the key… surprise when I wet back to the truck. Borrowed a screw driver and tried the Unlocking Trick and it worked. GONE IN 60 SECOND !
 
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he had a flat bladed pocket knife. i'm beginning to think that he used it on the door handle.
 
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That could work.
 
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If long enough.
Not sure how long it needs to be but a std screwdrivers works great.
 
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If you live in a bad part of town or travel a lot you might consider one of these.

Jimmi' Jammer™ In-Door Lock Protection FRONT FORD RANGER 93-12 Part # 113350
 
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Perhaps overthinking the whole thing?

I'm leaving it as it was already unlocked....or in limbo between locked and unlocked. Mine's done that from time to time. And yes, mine is manual locks and windows too.
 
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I don't guess I understand, will he not tell you how he got in? Punch him in the throat & ask again.
 
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nah, don't need to beat the little sh*t up, i figured it out.
 
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