candado3 I recently acquired an old Made in England UNION ptpk padlock with a key. The lock was quite rusted, the insides were a bit gungy and the spring was broken but they did work. I disassembled the lock and cleaned the body with a vinegar solution and then applied a coating of gun oil. I cleaned the pins and springs and replaced the broken shackle spring using a spring from an old Yale ptpk padlock. The key pins were a bit worn and measured .120″ diameter and the driver pins measured .113″ diameter, I used the original pins in the reassembled lock. The key is original to the lock and looks like a flat key but has a “T” shape at the bottom and looks identical to a key I have that is marked “G. W. Todd” probably for an old check writer. I’ve attached some photos and a picture that I got at antique-padlocks.com. I hope that someone finds this interesting and or useful.
Timothy Nice finding that padlock. I has see the post but one saw that padlock one time while ago….Timothy….
