They were available 6 yrs ago. Call stealer and ask. Mine came via Caliber Motors in CA.
If you have a good one, you may be able to salvage enough cylinder pins from your bad one and a salvaged one to make up another matched one by careful filing of longer pins, etc. Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Okay brain trust > > So the question is are replacement VIN key'd door locks available? Are > > they the same thing as the ignition lock? > > Yes, and no. I actually transferred the wafers from a cut-up > ignition lock (column seizure, looks like) to a good one from > the boneyard. Removing/drilling out the retainer pin that held > the lock together was the only hard part. A piece of wire > served to replace that (soft) pin. > > My point is that unless it's actually broken, you may be > able to disassemble it enough to actually restore it to service. > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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