I have one with big washer welded to the key. Rusty said these key heads are problematic, BTW-I have a whole box of 123 blanks that I bought from a locksmith in Maine. If you need one, let me know off list.
Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote: > I was actually thinking about welding a piece of steel to the key. I had > one of those plastic covers break the first time I used a new key! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 30, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Not sure who, maybe Jim C, but someone suggested brazing a washer onto > the key. > > I also believe that Wilton once posted a photo of a nice one he made up > with a walnut end on the key in place of the rubber part. > > My own experience is that the rubber ones do not last all that long so I > have given up on them. I have one old key with a hard plastic end that I > have been using and 2 newer keys that lack the rubber part, for which I > need to make the walnut part like Wilton did. > > > > RB > > > >> On 30/11/2017 2:59 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes wrote: > >> Hi Gang, > >> The rubber key holder thingamajig on my 300D vehicles key had > finally broken. I had a new one but when I tried to install it the rubber > split. Seems to be a pretty tight fit, > >> > >> Any suggestions for installing the rubber holder? I'd rather not > break any more... > >> > >> Thanks! > >> LarryT > >> 300D > >> > >> _______________________________________ > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
