No joy after clean and reassemble, something deeper. I'm filing down some of the high wafers now, trying to get it right. ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 12:19 PM Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Curt for your input, I'm getting there slowly but surely. > > 201 lock is different from 124 lock. After I looked at it and thought > about it a bit, it struck me that MB would not design a lock that can only > be assembled but not easily taken apart, and so the two blind pins were not > the place to start but the single pin on the tang. Removed that single > pin, tang came off, and sure enough the tumbler was able to come out. > > That was a few hours ago now. > > I have carefully taken the tumbler out, removed all the wafers and > springs, recording a map with the wafer numbers as I go. Cleaned the > tumbler and the cylinder with brake cleaner then compressed air. Using an > old t-shirt and Boeshield T9 as cleaner / lube I cleaned up each wafter and > some of the springs. Managed to break the end off one spring - not good, > but I think the remaining piece may do the trick. > > I'm in the process of putting it back together, stopping for lunch now. > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 9:45 AM Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> A blind hole is one with only one opening. He suggests you just have to >> drive out a couple roll pins, doesn't sound like that big a deal. >> >> Those work almost exactly the same as the side cut key locks, take all >> the little wafers out making sure you keep them in order, clean each hole >> with whatever it takes, a needle file will probably help. Clean each wafer >> until it shines. Reassemble with plenty of lube, I didn't find Houdini to >> work well for that, I like just dry graphite but you might have to use >> something else if you have an alarm. >> >> Once you've got it all clean and reassembled if it doesn't work well you >> can use a file and sandpaper to shave down the outside of the wafers to get >> a perfect fit. Make sure you test with multiple keys, its easy to get a >> lock working with an old key so it won't with a new one. >> >> -Curt >> >> >> _______________________________________ 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
