'Tried to call ya; 'sent me to mail box. 'No way to force it short of a BIG bomb that would likely blow a hole bigger than you want in the neighborhood. Key MUST be in position 1 to slip an unlatching pin (white coathanger wedge-shaped on the end works great) in the small hole to unlock the security unlatch, which will then allow you to unscrew the security ring. If you can turn the key to position 1 and insert an unlatching pin, the tumbler exchange takes about 30 seconds; otherwise much trouble - grinding, etc. 'No way to force it.
In Oct 07, I had same problem with my 124 - could not turn key to position 1. After many tries with different key, including new key, I attached a key to the vibrating plate of a vibrating sander, inserted the key, turned the sander on, and in about 5 seconds, turned the key to position 1. After the key was in position 1, it took me about 30 seconds to remove the old tumbler and insert a new one - 'saved 'bout $700 labor cost of grinding/cutting out old one. Try the vibrating key method before resorting to grinding, etc. Mine worked beautifully. My # 919-734-2830 Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Hawkins Java" <macj...@aol.com> To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 1:37 PM Subject: [MBZ] 300TD KEY JAM STEAL THIS CAR! > > Folks, > > We have a friend and customer with a jammed ignition lock cylinder on > a 1983 300TD > > We've tried a couple of different keys. We are going to try tap and > turn. > > The big ring is in place around the cylinder. Does the key have to be > in position 1 to push in the little pin and remove that? Any way to > force it. > > Can we simply drill the lock? > > Can we remove the entire lock assembly from the steering column? > > Just what is the quickest and least destructive option to remove the > lock cylinder? Since he's in a hurry, please email ideas to me > directly at macj...@aol.com and the list. My cell is 706 540-3285 if > anyone has any good voice encouragement. > > Thanks for your help!! > > > > > thanks, > > xx rick > Rick Hawkins > > www.javaphoto.com > www.javacycles.com > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090227/64 da56f2/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
