HOORAY for this thread....I had to use bailing wire as my coat hanger was too thick but it popped right out..in fact, I had a harder time getting it back in.

Actually, after I removed the trim piece I pulled on the housing and the cylinder had seemed to separate from it and the whole unit was going to come out. I was hesitant to just pull it out at that point so I rotated it back into place until it locked and then used the tool to remove it as per the instructions.

This was performed on a 87 300TD Turbo

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1991 300SL 71K miles young