Re: [A/S] plumbing and locks - first time airstream owner...

[Charlie/Betty Burke <cbburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

Your compartment door key is different from the main door key. And yes the 
current list price for a replacement of that main door lockset is $565. It's 
because they are virtually handmade since the manufacturer went out of 
business some years ago. You can however, buy parts for the lockset. A new 
key and tumbler sell for around $45. Most Airstream dealers should have an 
illustrated parts breakdown of the lockset.
As for the compartment door keys. Those are 1101X keys, also available 
through any Airstream dealer.
The reason you're having problems sizing to your plumbing is the nature of 
copper line. When it freezes, it swells before it breaks. So for sure all of 
the lines near a break are swollen, and it is likely the rest of the lines 
are also. If you want to do the repair only in copper, you will have to go 
back to the nearest fitting, sweat out the old stuff and sweat in new line 
to the next fitting past the break. A satisfactory temporary fix would be to 
double clamp high pressure flex line over a clean cut out at the break site. 
Do not use heater hose for this job.

Charlie