Cleaning is a good idea -- especially is a PO might have tried to
"lubricate" the lock -- anything but Graphite Powder will attract dirt...
Larry
On 7/18/2014 9:15 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
I've never seen a 107 key but on a 123 matching an ignition to the doors is simplicity
itself if you have the original lock, you pull the tumblers and swap them over.
"Tumblers" is not a very descriptive word here, they're little spring loaded
wafers. The biggest part of the job is cleaning everything real good. I *think* that most
bad tumblers are probably fine and just need a real good cleaning.
Interestingly my Jetta uses a VERY similar system and now knowing that I'm very
tempted to re-key it to use a Mercedes key...
-Curt
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From: clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 12:58 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Six Million Dollar tumbler
Ok, not that expensive, but much like the 70's TV show, the ignition cylinder
was rebuilt. 1974 450 SL
I had ordered a factory tumbler and key from the local dealer, per instruction
from Classic Center. That was April. I got impatient and found a complete
lock cylinder off fleabay and had my indy install that when I was able to get
the locked up tumbler to turn. I had intended the hardware to be back up if
the old one had to be drilled. I have been driving on two keys since May. One
for the doors, the other to light off.
I was thinking. A very dangerous thing at times. "where in tarnation is my dang
tumbler the Black Forest Elves are supposed to be making?" I need to contact the
dealer to see if it got lost, but, being a lazy butt and it being hot outside, and I am
not in the mood to pick up the phone, and would rather be lied to my face, than my ear, I
have not done that. Maybe in the morrow.
I recalled information about a local lock shop that can rebuild the tumbler and
make me a coded key for it. That sounds interesting, I thunk to myself. I have
about seven gallons of waste oil that needed disposal, and the FLAPS was sort
of on the way, so I packed up the dead lock set and took it to the shop.
Feller at the shop grabs it and scurried off to the back with not much verbal
interplay. I stood about wondering what magic he intended, or had he absconded
with my lock and was now posting it on Fleabay. A few minutes later he came
back and said it was fairly mucked up. Four thirty. Forty-five.
I heard $430. ?? Forty five? A range of price? Nope. He would charge me $45
and have it ready by 1630. SWEET! Steel key and coded to the car. Half the
cost of the GERMAN tumbler. I jumped on it.
When I picked it up, he assured me it was fully functional, but I should test
it on the doors, just for good measure. If it was not good, bring it back and
he would adjust it. I tried it on the doors. Driver door was good, Passenger
and trunk, not so much. I will be driving the car there in the morning, after
I get the bread dough out from rising over night in the ice box.
clay
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers
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