Fords are super easy to pull the cylinder out. Many years ago, my father's new Lincoln town car came with the same key as my older Ford truck from the factory.
That was so handy, I pulled all the cylinders out of all the Ford trucks and cars and keyed them all alike.
If one of us needed to borrow the other's vehicle or move it out of the way, no problem.
A few years after that, my father's truck started being hard to turn with his key. To get him going until I could buy a new cylinder, I swapped his cylinder with my truck's cylinder.
To make sure I did not have a problem, I popped the little cover off his and poured out all the tumblers before putting it in my truck.
Since it did not need a key after that, I often just cranked it without one, using the "ears" on the cylinder.
That turned out to be so handy, I never replaced it. The doors still lock, and anyone looking in and not seeing a key would not think it could be cranked without it.
Last year, due to poor lubrication of the sliding parts in the column, the little actuator on the end of the cylinder broke.
I bought a new cylinder, and promptly poured out the pins so it works with no key also.......
I just like it.
