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First, a big thank you to this site. It saved me $200+ dollars. My 02 focus' ignition locked up 4 days ago. After reading most posts on here, I feel somewhat fortunate. My car has 119,000 miles on it, and this is the first ignition cylinder trouble. Ford dealer quoted $350 plus tow. I called several locksmiths with no luck and tried several parts stores with no luck as well. All signs pointed back to the evil empire dealership. I removed the cylinder myself and reluctantly purchased the part from the dealership - $140.00. I received two quotes on setting the tumblers from the same dealership. One was for $141.00; the other was for approximately $70.00. No explanation for the difference other than it came from two different service technicians. I was told it would take the ford technician close to 1.5hrs to set the tumblers. I tried one more locksmith and hit the jackpot. He set the tumblers in less than 15 minutes and it cost me $12.50. He also told me that he could have ordered the part for me for $42.00. Amazing........