Wilton et al. After 2 hours of push-pull-turn-jiggle-snarl-cursecursecurse-tweak- modify tool-make another tool-twist-pray and F**kkit, I gave up. Obviosly there is more, or less, than meets the eye to this lock removal trick (?). Over. Fred Moir Lynn MA With notchy about to fail ign. lock. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLUP!
At 02:10 PM 1/30/2008, you wrote: >Fred, coupla months ago, I removed ig. lock in my 87 300D (124) by inserting >U-shaped unlock tool in the 2 holes withe key in posit #1 - that's not the >OFF posit. - that's #1 clockwise from OFF; jiggled key while pulling on it >and lock cylinder with its protective steel cover came right out. 'Made >tool from white-painted clothes hanger; scraped paint off to make perfect >dia. size. Did you file slopes/wedges on ends of your tool to ride up on >the lock release? I did not need to remove any molding nor the >rubber/plastic around the lock - old one slipped right out and new one >slipped right in with jiggle on key to align it properly. > >Wilton _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
