[525] Soviet Car Gas Cap Lock Decoded

[@myothersoul1953]

Finally a lock with a mechanism I can understand.

[@Framed_Niner]

*we

[@juu4524]

@Karl Marx dont you mean we see

[@Scooty_]

Karl Marx we serve the Soviet Union!

[@theCidisIn]

Hahaha this comment made my morning.

[@mscir]

LOL so funny. Same here.

[@monkey_breath]

gas cap locks in general, i find are pretty cool, this one is no exception. no a terribly complex mechanism, but to a potential gas thief, usually enough of a deterrant for them to walk to the next car.

[@MrZebeda]

Precisely. Gas thievery is a sort of 'hit and run' thievery where the thief will move along if confronted by the most menial obstacle because he has to work quick. If a person fiddles around with his automobile too much he is sure to raise some suspicion or someone would go around to ask if there's a problem he could help with. From this aspect this simple little thing is genius.

[@derpinbird1180]

Exactly, and plus if it was negative 30 and you would freeze your hands to the thing just touching it you probably aren't going to have a fun time cracking even a simple lock

[@sanches2]

the lock needed to slow the thief down just enough for Vova to run down the stairs from the 3rd floor with a wooden leg from an old soviet tv in his hand. And this way the thieve's head gets cracked before the code :)

[@BiggestRedditor]

That's the way I view even the terrible locks. Most robberies are spur of the moment picking the easiest targets. No one wants to spend unnecessary time or return with a hammer of wrench.

[@bryanskscion2229]

@Disobedient One A truly remarkable key, or incredibly pathetic locks?

[@Choice777]

I'll start making these for cookie jars.

[@Riley180sx]

Choice777 please

[@Anonymouspock]

@@Riley180sx see his latest video, he put a lock on his wife's ice cream and she cut off the bottom of the container 😂🤣😂

[@Operational117]

Anonymouspock That makes his wife a master thief!

[@RAYTHEONGAMING]

I'll just break the jar... Take that

[@yellowked]

@@RAYTHEONGAMING Cookies with glass crumbs, my favorite!

[@ИванЛебедь-я2ф]

As russian I have to appreciate the accuracy which LPL puts on reading russian words, letters and this little history excursus. I can feel all the respect to another culture he always used to take. Thank You, LockPickingLawyer!

[@AktuvnaFazaGenozudySlovjan]

Не рашен а СССР

[@kraceje3865]

@@AktuvnaFazaGenozudySlovjan где тут должен быть ссср?

[@usapower6208]

As a russian I guess you shold sit on the bottle.

[@EbiraLeo]

@@AktuvnaFazaGenozudySlovjan не знал, что есть такой язык - СССР.

[@AktuvnaFazaGenozudySlovjan]

Я что про язьІк пИсал

[@tsbohc]

I think this is the first time I've heard someone say "Жигули" not in my native language It was great

[@ArthurKhazbs]

He did a pretty good job tho

[@mikhailcat6465]

Да

[@paulinet68]

He even pointed out all the words correctly when explaining what's written on the cover, I am amazed. I love it when English-speaking youtubers I watch get to work with Russian stuff.

[@SlayerofFiction]

@@paulinet68 He certainly does his homework, while I know very basic Russian to speak I found it hard to get around in Moscow by just reading. Do you have anything to add to his history regarding this video?

[@SlayerofFiction]

@Avonmoremilk When I was in Russia I kept asking people what it was like living in the Soviet Union they never would say anything other than "It's better now" or "It was better then" Truly drove me nuts. Otherwise, my only knowledge comes from US Propoganda and reading about wars/espionage. I need to read Stalins Biography and Gorbechav, especially since his economic initiative reform. Thank you for the response.

[@o7rein]

It's not BA3, its VAZ (acronym from the name of the manufacturer). VAZ 2108, VAZ 2109 and so forth were model designations. ' Žiguli' was the domestic trade name and 'Lada' was the export trade name.

[@martinsindans1341]

Авто ваз

[@literallyafuckingspoon8801]

bae

[@kennetbowl]

@Crazy Piotr Zhiguli takes its name from zhiguli mountains en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhiguli_Mountains

[@miwhcyvybaksjd]

I fondly remember the Ladas, still quite popular when I lived in Georgia 6 to 8 years ago.

[@kenc2257]

​@@miwhcyvybaksjd Hey, I passed through Atlanta about that time, and never saw any old-time Ladas...which suburb were you in? [but, really, there were several Ladas in Panama City [Central America, not Florida USA] when we lived there in the mid-1980s--I don't know if these were fondly remembered, as they were fairly unreliable].

[@Mladjasmilic]

Old Lada had fuel tank on side of bagage compartment, behind rear wheel. On top side there was fuel filler. On bottom there was bolt plug for cleaning fuel tank if contaminated with dirt or water. In Yugoslavia during war they would just unscreew bolt and pust pan under it. All fuel would leak out. After the war people never filled up their tanks, unless they go far. For local driving they would put just enough fuel in tank, and carry few bottles with fuel in trunk for emergency. My grandfather still is doing that and was very angry when I borrowed his car and filled up tank when returning it.

[@brettknoss486]

Mladen Milić That's how gas is usually stolen. Even without the plug, you can put a hole in the tank with a drill.

[@notpulverman9660]

brett knoss Not in America. In America people usually actually do siphon gas with a tube/bucket(or gas can).

[@notpulverman9660]

brett knoss the "locked" gas covers of even MODERN cars usually open with a screwdriver. The alarm is rarely connected to the fuel cover.

[@notpulverman9660]

brett knoss Most thieves seem to have an aversion to damaging people's cars/houses severely. They seem to have a conscience even if they only listen half the time.

[@kg4boj]

Not Pulverman Almost never will you see gas stolen with a siphon tube anymore. That hasn't been really possible for almost 30-40 years. ALL cars made in the last 2.5 decades have an anti siphon device. They just poke or drill a hole in the tank and drain the fuel from the bottom.

[@shoutitallloud]

2:23 It's not "bee aye three" it's the acronym "VAZ" in russian - "ВАЗ". That stands for "Vyolgskiy Automobilniy Zavod" (automobile factory). So it's not suitable only for 3 models - 2108, 2109, 2121. These were new models of that time.

[@vanyasphonecollection4074]

Also known as Lada. The 2108 is the samara, the 2109 is the samara sedan, and the 2121 is the Niva.

[@shoutitallloud]

@@vanyasphonecollection4074 Let me put a a bit of correction to your little inaccuracy. Samara sedan model was "21099". "2109" - was five door hatchback. "2108" - was three door hachback (could be called "coupe"). Also, the brand "Samara" was used for export market. In domestic market this family was labeled "Sputnik". As for Niva - your are excactly right.

[@vanyasphonecollection4074]

@@shoutitallloud Yes I noticed my mistake

[@vanyasphonecollection4074]

Although I am a big fan of Russian cars

[@shoutitallloud]

@@vanyasphonecollection4074 Really? Never thought there's something in russian cars to be a fan of... Well, never the less, I would be glad to help you in any way,

[@AaaBbb-hf9yx]

2:15 "Би эй фри" :DD

[@emily_quiesaver]

Тоже угарнула. Ну, в принципе, можно поорать и с маленькой тройки (з)

[@strand6969]

@@ЧЕЛОВЕКПАУК-й6к все пивные ларьки его боялись

[@АлександрЕмельяненко-б4ч]

ахахах

[@Juppie902]

I like how you did your research ! Most youtubers would go on " heres a generic russian gas cap lock, looks nice, can't tell what is written there but lets pick it up and remember to like and scrub-scribe"

[@edwardteach3000]

It helps that his wife is russian, and if I remember right from a previous video on a Soviet lock, grew up in that era.

[@promontorium]

@Igor Rogovtsev I thought about this at the beginning. While it was made during a fuel shortage, it had to have already been in production because there's no way a factory would have been assembled and operating for these locks in the middle of fuel shortage.

[@kaldogorath]

@Igor Rogovtsev He didn't say it was made for the fuel shortage or popularized by it, he said it was made during the fuel shortage and would have been useful during those times. Also what makes Ladas easy to steal gas from compared to other cars? Most don't have any locking mechanism. You just open the cab, steal, leave. Can that process really be simplified?

[@kaldogorath]

@Igor Rogovtsev True, but this was the early 90s, not 2021.

[@Keymaster]

I like the videos with unusual locks and a little history lesson.

[@wolfindra4017]

History teacher

[@kissmyhonkydonkey5678]

Same here! His videos are very good and informative. I just don’t get who are all of the imbeciles hitting the dislike button?

[@cate01a]

@@kissmyhonkydonkey5678 Yeah, I don't understand people who dislike videos which aren't offensive and are well-done. Though perhaps some people found it too lengthy? Boring? idk

[@northyland1157]

Its enough to make them move to the next car.. Nobody gonna sit there and decode the darn thing for a few gallons of gas.

[@eastcoco8651]

lol you mean take an extra 1-2 minutes to steal gas that's worth a lot of money? As long as it wasnt in a super busy parking lot I imagine a lot of these were removed by thieves

[@MaskedDeath_]

@@eastcoco8651 And risk getting caught and tortured by the Militsiya? The lock deters you enough when you want to minimize your risks. Keep in mind we're talking Soviet Union and not some modern country where you get a fine and get released.

[@protheu5]

Liters. No one uses gallons, only US.

[@Borals]

Protheus keep using those dummy units while us Americans use the superior smarter units

[@eduardoraul5780]

@@BoralsLMAOOOOOO GALLONS BEING USEFUL LOLOLOLOLOL oh wait you mean it? im sorry! wasn't my intention

[@SomewhereInRussia]

0:44 This is not serial number but "Article" or trades code. 1:34 This is not model number but post code of manufacturer. Manufacturer "Blesk" (Shine) located in Kharkiv, post code 310124. Usually full address of manufacturer was indicated. If only post code is present, so manufacturer was a secret defense factory made battle tanks or rockets etc.

[@ivanvuk7989]

Yeah, AvtoVAZ = Lada. :)

[@KrisisVal]

vaz is the company name not ziguli

[@Kinosaurus]

Zhiguli was the brand of the car made by AvtoVAZ.

[@alexandergrigoriev6946]

So a guy been working on a plant which made baby carriages. His wife was expecting, but he was not able to buy a carriage in a store. So he stole all parts from his work. But whichever way he tried to put them together, he's got a machine gun every time.

[@id3m589]

+1. Probably this lock was produced at Malyshev tank plant at Kharkiv.

[@smallfish2354]

Ty I finally managed to siphon my neighbours petrol

[@zytechnology]

ROFL :) to bad youre driving a diesel :) LOL

[@christophermoore6110]

Small fIsH congrats

[@andrewschickler2712]

I think you mean we siphoned our neighbors gas

[@xxcattoxx544]

Ding dong my cock is wrong

[@DjinnsĘnigma]

You mean our petrol.

[@hanzertank2900]

Stumbling across this in March 2022 hits different

[@mmarano203]

It just became extremely relevant for them again

[@Rubycon99]

Soviet consumer goods like this are really interesting to me. You find the price engraved/stamped into lots of Soviet items, I imagine because the state already decided the price and it would be universal no matter what shop it was in.

[@noop9k]

Thing is, money mattered very little as the economy wasn’t using money. money were used just to stimulate workers and the prices therefore were needed to limit consumption. Prices were pretty much arbitrary, typically based on labor costs alone. If no price, just a factory logo, means not a consumer product. Or, if also has name in latin letters, meant for export.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

@@noop9k The economy was using money. Prices based on labor and materials aren't arbitrary, that's the price of a commodity when you remove the speculation and investment aspects. The amount of money in circulation was fixed, so there was never inflation, just occasional shortages. That's the USSR.

[@noop9k]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 You are making multiple false statements here. I can clarify what I meant by “was not using money”, but, for starters: Are you really saying that soviet economy was a closed system with fixed amount of money in circulation? That there was no inflation and no new money printed? That roubles used by the industry and consumer roubles are the same? Oh, and one more. Do you believe that having fixed amount of money in circulation leads to stable wages and prices?

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

@@noop9k The Soviet economy was a nearly perfectly closed system. The "amount of money in circulation" in this context means the Soviet wages added up over all the workers, that roughly equalled in purchasing power the goods produced, so there would be no waste. That's why there is no inflation. The amount of money 'printed' (created) is just equal to the amount required to purchase the goods, this was always in balance, so there was no inflation or deflation. That's a planned economy. There was no investment money to consider at all, just wages and purchases. If there was extra stuff, you increase wages. If there are shortages, you decrease wages (in practice, due to growth, you just hold out on increasing wages for a bit). The Individual wages are determined by bureaucratic supply/demand, so you increase wages in places you need more workers, like Siberian oil-well driller, and decrease wages in jobs people want to do, like Moscow dress-shop worker. This is how Gosplan did things. Everything was always calculable because there was no real banking, no real investment, and no unpredictable fluctuations in anything. There were no recessions, there was tepid growth. There was nothing interesting, everything was the same year, to year, to year. This was the USSR. It wasn't good.

[@noop9k]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 Soviet prices did not reflect the actual value of the goods and would skyrocket if freed, reflecting actual low availability of the goods. Despite tiny wages, relative to developed western countries, soviet citizens often couldn’t spend them. If you were an average citizen, you would spend almost half of it on food, most of which was crap due to poor availability of, say, meat. If your wage was higher than average and you had anything left above what was spent on basic survival, you would easily find that there’s nearly nothing useful you can buy. The system wasn’t balanced, there was always a shortage of consumer goods and money would not be spent simply because the state would only provide, say, 20% of the amount of the goods of a certain kind, that a citizen could afford and was willing to buy. Citizens would accumulate these unspent money and Gosbank would print more and more. Your statements about fixed amount of money in circulation are false. Actually you can’t even call it circulation, as the industry wasn’t financed by consumer roubles and ran on what is basically a different “virtual” currency used primarily for accounting, quite differently from how money are used in a market economy. This is not a closed loop system. Physical bank notes were “circulating”, but the value they supposedly represented wasn’t. Except on black market whose existence you didn’t acknowledge. And USSR had severe inflation and consumer currency denomination happening several times. This and the hidden inflation I described above makes your statements about nonexistent inflation false.

[@gregoryfilin8040]

So cool! My family is from the USSR and my dad had a bunch of these! They were useful to him in his day! Thank you for showing this bit of history!

[@jamesbizs]

Gregory Filin a bunch? How many freaked cars did he have???

[@woowooNeedsFaith]

@j p Lock your neighbour's tank and ask litre or two for opening it for him :P

[@participantx]

@@woowooNeedsFaith probably wouldnt find out until needed to fill up

[@skaunov_code]

@@participantx , plus free scrap metal. =)

[@vladyarotsky5287]

@@jamesbizs he probably could obtain them and that was reason good enough in the times of constant deficit of almost everything.

[@jamesq7954]

Plot twist. This was for cars in Soviet Russia. In Soviet Russia, it's too cold for your fingers to feel anything.

[@ArthurKhazbs]

Haha, nice)

[@christophermoore6110]

James Quigley big brain

[@michaelesposito2629]

Lol it got hot too ya know. I’d know.

[@farpointgamingdirect]

In Soviet Russia, car locks YOU

[@TrollProductionsMC]

Russia is not just cold like most people assume, it gets pretty cold when its winter in the north of Russia but the country is so big the south gets to 40degrees during summer, and even the north is pretty alright outside winter.

[@hux2000]

2:05 - If anyone's interested the 'Zhiguli' brand is the Soviet name for cars know in the West by the Lada mark. The models that the lock doesn't work with are the VAZ (not BA3) 2108, 2109 and 2121, which correspond to the Lada Samara, Riva and Niva respectively.

[@DYaNukem]

Really appreciate this as native russian )) Thanks a lot! As many people mentioned, not BA3 (bee, eyy, three), but "ВАЗ" - "Волжский Автомобильный Завод" (Voljsky Avtomobilny Zavod, VAZ). Большое спасибо, за такой неожиданный подгон :))

[@t64169]

hand grinding makes sense for each code. Mass produce rings all the same and then a single man can make each one unique after the fact. Very efficient. Only need 1 mold (1 per ring) instead of several for different combos.

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

A smarter approach might be to make the code ring and the letter components in two parts that connect together. The code ring can then be made with an existing notch and no need to grind or file. A process worker simply connects the two and aligns it for a code. This can then be changed by a user/buyer if they are fitted with screws. If welded together, then it's a problem. Far more efficient.

[@kallewirsch2263]

Gary Much to complicated. The guys in the eastern block favored the simple solutions which needed no "special parts". Even getting your hands on the right screws could be tricky. On the other hand: every guy needed to be able to do simple technical work like working with a file. It was part of surviving skills to be able to do that. The important term was not "technically challenging" but it was "good enough for the job".

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

I see. When all you have is a hammer ...

[@kallewirsch2263]

Well, actually the guys of the former eastern block were known to be able to produce amazing things out of literally nothing. It was the communist party which did not let them produce better things (or if they did, those goods were produced for export to get their hands on foreign currencies). It often happened that the party stopped or didn't allow product development.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

Gary Rumain Another approach, which may or may not have been used is to file down the wheels before assembly, producing equally big piles of each digit inner (and ditto outer). Final code is determined by which two wheels are put in the bag.

[@nousername3004]

"Why steal when we all share"

[@jaxativejax662]

F̶r̶o̶m̶ For each according to his abilities if your abilities include picking locks.

[@gaymer42069]

Clearly there wasn’t enough gas for sharing.

[@Toimi]

@@gaymer42069 oh my god, it is almost as if resources are limited!

[@Borals]

Toimi it’s almost like communism/socialism doesn’t work

[@XxzCrystalzxX]

@@Toimi tell that to the multinational companies

[@bluef1sh926]

It's not BA3, it's VAZ and it means " Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod" which means Volga Automobile Plant, now known as AvtoVAZ.

[@Nikita13337]

Keksimus Maximus я русский и мне похуй

[@bololollek9245]

ВАЗ literally means VAZ...

[@konstantinkh]

@@bololollek9245 Yeah, but the author of the video pronounced it as Bee Ay Three, as if it was a Latinized model name, rather than reading it as Cyrillic.

[@bololollek9245]

@@konstantinkh Oh god so he wrote "ba3" and not "ваз"? im sorry then, hard to see

[@roma_valve]

Plant это же посадки

[@Lomionz]

Danm. You almost convinced me that you know russian. Until you've read VAZ as BA3. My grandfather's Lada had a lock on gas tank. But it used same key as for doors. Never seen those code locks.

[@Prismate]

he doesn't, but his wife does.

[@VyseInglegard]

Given the current events, maybe we need to start making more of these

[@AntonKarpuzikov]

03:15 that's something you can find on anything that was made in USSR, because all prices was regulated by government

[@es5ape]

Thanks for an awesome videos! Small notice about the lock, it was made in Ukraine, Kharkov, a month after it got independence from USSR.

[@OCTO358]

@@_FireHeart who cares

[@_FireHeart]

@@OCTO358 , is that why you’ve been skipping school, cuz _“who cares”?_ ))

[@AndyRoidEU]

Daniel, did you press all the symbols? Yes, Jack, the Stargate is opened!

[@martinb.770]

Russian scientists now able to fill their tank to get to Baikonur that day

[@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx]

@@martinb.770 That's harsh.

[@jamesthrower3865]

Well Daniel it don’t look open. I’ll trust Carter it’s open. Then I’ll have lock picking lawyer double check Carter then I’ll know it’s open. Go over there and stand by T’ealc 😂

[@lognott]

The best content on youtube. Excellent background and narrative. Plus engaging discussion and hands on demonstrations that lay people can follow along with.

[@Elfcheg]

Never knew I'll learn something about my country's history on your channel. Thanks a lot for such attention to details.

[@Chris0012222]

This is great, I want to feel like I’ve just cracked the Da Vinci code every time I refuel my car.

[@KingKitten4]

This actually would work perfectly because no thief would pick a lock when they could just move to an undefended car

[@tanman99]

Everyone: You can’t sum up 2022 with a lock. LPL: What I have here for you today is a Russian gas cap lock.

[@MarceldeJong]

From Ukraine

[@ponyprideworldwide]

why would we say we can't sum up 2022 with a lock

[@shydoll6802]

i took Russian for two years in high-school. i am by no means fluent, but it was obvious that this guy studied or researched the language very carefully. i'm impressed by his pronounciation and accurate translation.

[@AveryEremondi]

Thanks for the short histroy lesson with the typical lock defeating. I really enjoyed this video. Should start a LPL Picks Historic Locks Series.

[@O1dAlex]

310124 - was one of USSR Postal Codes in Kharkiv region.

[@parapotamus]

Which today should be 61124.

[@O1dAlex]

@@parapotamus And this fact improved the reliability of the locks of the gas tank caps produced there?

[@parapotamus]

@@O1dAlex Not sure if I understand your point (or was there a point at all). The current postal code just would help to identify the place, if anyone is interested.

[@O1dAlex]

@@parapotamus If you watched the video, then you know the author mistakenly assumed that 310124 is the model number. I was just trying to clarify the situation.How is the modern index of the 124th post office of Kharkov intended to improve this? Do you think that the company "Blesk" still exists and is registered at an address with this postal code?

[@parapotamus]

@@O1dAlex I still don't see how my remark hurts your perfect all-sufficient comment. Looks like the point is arguing for the sake of arguing.

[@Hamyrappy]

Not Bi-A-Three, but "VAZ". Not four car models, but three: " VAZ 2108", "VAZ 2109", "VAZ 2121"

[@masonjames3492]

The simple lock took him way longer to open than most other locks Proof to his skill as a lock picker/ informed person in respect to locks

[@onototo]

I believe that this lock was not suitable for 2105, because that model of car had it's own gas cap code lock. And for surprise, i drive this car even nowadays :) Great video btw

[@andraslibal]

Dude can read things normally not like a native English speaker. Such a refreshing thing to hear on youtube.

[@WowVital]

I like that you are trying to correctly pronounce these words in Russian (Russian is my main language). Interesting video. the Soviet Union still keeps a lot of strange things

[@becmark9314]

ссср

[@edwardteach3000]

I would I hope he pronounces it right, his wife is Russian.

[@am3nnet]

@@edwardteach3000 so this the reason he can read Russian word and can get many Sovyet / Russian 's locks.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

@@becmark9314 sssr

[@vladimirfasyura8191]

5:04 - а теперь попробуй проделать тоже самое при температуре минус 30 градусов по Цельсию 😂☝️

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

Хех, напомнило мне анекдот: "Если нечто летает, жужжит и помещается в ж*пе то это леталка для жужжания в ж*пе, Если нечто летает, жужжит но не помещается в ж*пе то это советская леталка для жужжания в ж*пе, Если нечто не летает, не жужжит и в ж*пе не помещается то это российская леталка для жужжания в ж*пе"

[@miloradowicz]

@@Self-replicating_whatnot т.е. ты -- российская леталка для жужжания в ж*пе?

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

@@miloradowicz По такой логике и ты тоже.

[@miloradowicz]

@@Self-replicating_whatnot да, но это твоя логика. Мне как-то по барабану кто я по твоей логике.

[@SkavenUK]

Let's put it on a tray. Nice. o wait, wrong youtuber

[@ayebraine]

It's worth to note that fuel shortages (like the more iconic foodstuffs shortages) in the later Soviet Union were not a case of the literal lack of food or fuel, but the breakdowns in distribution chains. The real cost of gasoline was way more than the regulated price for some time prior, and the system could not keep up with the demand, or rival the black / profiteering fuel market. In a roundabout way, the shortages were the result of liberalization: since the various suppliers and resellers no longer had to supply whatever was mandated by the general plan (like before), but instead were invited to try and make profit and self-finance, the system went into lockdown and supply chains ground to a halt.

[@МаксимЧураков-м5с]

I`m an expert in the mechanical security systems since 1994. I`m former responsible for CISA products sales in Russia. I`m following for your videos and yet delighted with them as I appreciate your professional approach and respect for the subject of the test. Recently, you tried out Rav Bariach cylinders and I remembered it, since I am currently engaged in sales of this product. I will look forward to new tests :) Regarding the Soviet gas tank lock: when creating it, none of the USSR engineers thought that the thief would spend too much time for decoding.

[@genericprofile2381]

Some people collect ancient relics, some people collect medieval weapons, some people collect guns and explosives. This guy collects soviet locks.

[@xeralt3120]

Watching this in March 2022, I'm wondering if these may come back...

[@mr.e.436]

Very well presented, counselor!

[@mingy3729]

Kind of funny that the combination is "F1" when Ladas are the slowest cars in existence

[@DoctorX17]

That is a cool one. I like that you aren't just always looking for the hardest lock to pick, rather you take an interest in the mechanisms, the history of the locks and companies that made them, and the context of use.

[@leviathan68w78]

It may be easy to decode but you could also try all of the combinations pretty quickly as well.

[@АртёмДубравин-ы6у]

You actually studied the pronunciations of the words. You're unbelievably professional.

[@miwhcyvybaksjd]

This may have been a titche more difficult to decode while installed in the cramped space under a fuel door.

[@jamestanzer9188]

Use a screwdriver or two to put pressure on the clamshells, then proceed as shown

[@sabotabby3372]

@@jamestanzer9188 if you're doing that it's probably easier to go to the next car anyways

[@MrZlodeus]

I've never seen a lock like this in my life. In the late 1980s/early 1990s, when my brother had his first car (incidentally, it was one of the Zhiguli family, a VAZ-2101 - a.k.a. Lada 1200 for the export market), we had an aftermarket gas tank cap with a combination lock but it was a different design. (although the lock itself was similar, with two concentric rings). The body of the lock was not split in half to fit around the existing gas cap. Instead, it had a threaded portion so it was screwed in, like the stock gas cap it was meant to replace. The outer rim rotated around this threaded portion (the body of the cap) and the two coding rings in the middle. When the combination was set correctly, this rim locked into place; otherwise, the rim rotated freely and you could not unscrew the cap. And yes, the Zhiguli nameplate applied only to the rear wheel drive Ladas (VAZ-2101 through VAZ-2107). The VAZ-2121 4x4 SUV was called Lada Niva in all markets, the front wheel drive VAZ-2108/2109 were called Lada Samara, the VAZ-2110/2111/2112 family had no name.

[@davidjames1063]

In the USA around 1973, locking gas caps became a "thing" because of similar fuel shortages, rationing, etc. While the American locking caps used a cylinder Design lock, they were normally 3 or 4 pin locks that LITERALLY could be opened by a "Bobby Pin" or pretty much anything you could insert into the cylinder. One time my Mother found her gas cap key misplaced, at the Gas Station. I literally borrowed someone else's key--and got ours unlocked in 10 seconds time. (my first picking experiance). Mom replaced her gas cap-locking. I tore hers apart to peek inside, finding a crude cast pot-metal 3-pin lock cylinder.

[@coltendixon1782]

Don't think I have ever seen something with the price literally molded into it

[@SomeGuy-xd5fn]

"Hey everyone this is the LPL and today we are escaping from a russian gulag. Alright so click out at one.. nothing on two"

[@cup_and_cone]

For Soviet authenticity, you have to pick this lock after finishing a 300mL flask of vodka! 😉

[@stevesbuttdocter1173]

thechosendude only breakfast for picking locks? Should include lunch too and add another 500 ml😂😂😂

[@grimnekropolis8500]

shit might as well go for the full litre

[@ElDiablo-vk9ue]

then hitting it with an ak47

[@notpulverman9660]

Plastic 2 liter

[@T11LMG]

I'm an irishman thinking I just polished off a bottle of 200ml vodka and I feel no more incapacitated than I did prior to consumption. If my Irish tolerance says anything, my Russian brethren would giggle at this

[@Сова32]

I had one and I liked it, it was a nice thing to have at the time. tear of nostalgia in my eye. Thank you.

[@hypenheimer]

Ah yes, 84 combinations. Very secure.

[@ximer2750]

"ВАЗ" - VAZ: Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod - automobile manufacturer

[@simonrichard9873]

aka Lada

[@engiecat705]

Simon Richard "Lada" is the name of the series, not the manufacturer. The name was changed to "Lada" after they found out that the original name of the series, "zhiguli", is too similar to "gigolo", and which strained the sales on the exports.

[@simonrichard9873]

Lada was the trade mark in the west for all VAZ cars.

[@ehsnils]

And in Sweden "Lada" also means Barn.

[@simonrichard9873]

lol

[@Lklikeyou92]

I like how you put a lot of fact and story into the history of the lock. Love to hear it more

[@nikoslav]

Price of an item was literally on everything in USSR and the prices didn't change for literally decades. Take any USSR book - you'll see the price printed on the back or inside.

[@Vincent_Quak]

How did the USSR deal with inflation? Is protecting prices the reason they traded so little with the rest of the world?

[@ayebraine]

@@Vincent_Quak USSR traded a lot with the outside countries, they used other currencies (which they called "convertible", since exchanging rubles for other currencies was illegal for regular citizens) and barter / bullion. USSR had an immense export and formidable import as well, much (but not all) of it to allied governments.

[@sturmx96]

Same thing was in the USA also, I remember I saw that multiple times on American books as well.

[@dfdemt]

A lawyer, a lock picker, and now a linguist as well. Amazing.

[@jwrine3631]

I love the history lesson with the interesting lock!

[@alexandriahunter2125]

In addition to what you said, the low number of possible combinations makes this ridiculously easy to brute-force.

[@shivadumahnesht4522]

there are about 384 different combinations for this lock? but yes its ridiculously easy to brute force with such low number of possible combinations

[@alexandriahunter2125]

@@shivadumahnesht4522 336 by my count. As opposed to the 10,000 from a standard 4-digit code. You could brute force it in about 5-6 minutes if you try 1 combination per second whereas a 4-digit would take just over 2 and a half hours at the same rate.

[@shivadumahnesht4522]

A standard one takes maybe 20 seconds to break into unless it is of really high quality, also do you think this lock is easily turnable?? I mean your argument is essentially that a new very expensive combination lock is better, but this lock is supposed to be a cheap lock.

[@tedokinta]

it is not BA3 it is VAZ in cyrillic and it stands for Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Volga Automobile Plant)

[@huldu]

Still seems to have taken longer than some other locks picked on this channel lol

[@NevermindThee]

Fascinating piece of history we have here. Thanks for sharing!

[@FlyAVersatran]

Love love love love LOVE the background. Thank you.

[@astonsuperreal]

Ziguli is same as Lada cars. In finland and in europe the car is called Lada..

[@xojex1]

finland is in europe

[@androidtabsuser348]

FinnPicker /Juho Joru it all started when Italians sold at that time 1974 or so outdated Fiat 124 technology and manufacturing rights to USSR.

[@astonsuperreal]

Tkja.. yeah.. i should know, i live here.. worded poorly. Sorry.

[@notpulverman9660]

TKJA Not really. Finland is in West Mongolia.

[@88werwolfhun88]

In Hungary callef Ziguli and Lada.

[@euforiawig]

It's not 4 but 3 models , BAZ (VAZ) is name of company

[@Feel_Fried]

2:30 ВА3 - isn't Bi Ai 3, it's V A Z xD

[@MrQuazar]

I have a new generation gas lock, 1993 release! On my first car VAZ21093, the top cap has a conventional pin key (like in post case) mechanism, if the cap is fixed, you can rotate the cap 360 degrees, with no backlash and opening methods. when the gas lock is unlocked, you can apply a little effort and feel the frictional resistance, to remove cap cover.

[@puroamore3299]

I love this channel and his locks of history series... Some of those older foreign locks are simple and beautiful.. Love to see his little museum at his home...

[@zvermashine]

ВA3 hahaha! It means vaz! Here is some Soviet union magic. Now i will reverse letter R. Я! Tada!

[@bigdaddy6965]

We can still use that now a days. Too many idiots drinking the fuel instead of using it in cars😂

[@Joe-xh2lk]

I think we might just need these locks here in the US & Canada very soon too.

[@webarchitect]

02:14 - It's not "b m three". It's "VAZ" which means "Volzhsky Automobile Plant"[Volzhskiy Avtomobilniy Zavod], named after river Volga :) And I can assure everybody the rest is 100% correct since I'm Russian and lives all my life in Russia. Unfortunatelly, we had not only fuel shortage, but that was like total shortage of lots of products. Those were the tough times. Thanks, LockPickingLawyer, for this interesting masterpiece demonstration. I've never seen this in 90-s, I was a child then.

[@2PiratKvadrat]

Fine to see my native language in your video. Very fine preparation for the video with translation of all the words on the package!

[@mlanders031681]

"In Soviet Russia...lock pics you!"

[@RandyK1ng]

I always scratch my head on why anyone would down-vote any of LPLs stuff. Dude, it's a vote on his contribution, not whether or not you like the lock 🔐.

[@reverendtos4271]

There's a pattern. Lots of down votes on gun locks as well. ;)

[@allexjr1270]

As a Russian seeing this and hearing you pronounce russian words made me feel good

[@figvam2349]

Unfortunately "Gas Bandits" didn't even bother picking the combination. Those locks were often easily broken off with just a tire wrench or other metal object with a flat end, leaving dents around gas tank cover. Those were miserable and lawless times...

[@Daedalus-BC308]

Anyone else think this was a Stargate related video at first glance at the thumbnail? The outer dial with the letters is pretty much spot on.

[@Tenuki2]

3P40K in 1991 was approximatelly equal to 1.87 USD.

[@sabotabby3372]

tbh that looks like a fairly robust lock for the price, not going to get pried off like a cheap plastic masterlock or the like

[@KillerHekuT]

Никогда не видел на жигули такие замки, хоть и живу в России.

[@freedomcaller]

It's funny that you say you brute forced it, when you did it in O of N instead of O of N Squared.

[@cubic5307]

...3 is a spool, nothing on 5, and we have this open

[@r3dp9]

He was able to find the inner ring combo by feel alone, so brute forcing only required checking the outer ring.

[@brettsalling]

Seems pretty fitting to have had this recommended today.

[@PushyPawn]

In Soviet Russia, these cars broke down before the lock did. It's purpose was to guard you leftover petrol until you bought another car.

[@Mike504]

In soviet Russia, lock decodes you.

[@khatuntsovmikhail6223]

🙄 f*n smart joke, Capitan

[@Alicehad3cats]

I’m from a Ukrainian city by Kharckov. It’s called Zapirizhya, and we are famous for making cars that are even worse than Zhguli:D

[@harrickvharrick3957]

what is the brand name of those cars ?

[@M3lk1n]

@@harrickvharrick3957 ZAZ

[@hhs_leviathan]

My dad had one of those. He told me if you floor it downhill with all your buddies in the back and nothing in the frunk the front wheels loose contact and you have no steering XD.

[@_FireHeart]

Alice , it’s “Kharkiv”, not “kharckov”

[@MrMeGaSeNt]

@@_FireHeart Kharkov is Russian pronouncing, while Kharkiv is Ukrainian

[@WilliamMancel]

Very different kind of lock. Thanks for sharing.

[@willd4686]

Makes you think about what we take for granted. I've never worried about having my gas stolen.

[@AlpharderCodes]

Thank you for the respectful tone. With love from Russia

[@stevesbuttdocter1173]

Where do you get so much interesting locks? Despite my jealousy, I appreciate the lock you come up with. Nice video again.

[@DonzLockz]

Madlock's Lab ...eBay. just change your search from default to worldwide. This is how I bought the same one 6mnths ago. There was a few available at the time so you should find one :)

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

Ah, so that's how you do it! I keep looking for things that people say are on eBay but never find them. I better check my settings now.

[@hudoichannel]

The date actually tells us it's manufactured in restored sovereign Ukraine!

[@Yellowstone300]

1:36 We all know this now

[@Winda25]

City founded by Russian tsar Alexey Romanov by the way as a shelter for Ukrainians who escaped Polacks on river Dniepr right bank

[@gobdeep]

The History Guy and The Lock Picking Lawyer should team up on this lock.

[@adaptorperish1322]

Great homework done on the history and the names and even pronunciation.