Thread: Steering column lockout availability
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Old 10-29-2021, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BirthdayBenz View Post
The locking mechanism can be disabled if you remove the lock cylinder. You can press in the locking mechanism and pin it in place, preventing the column from ever locking. I had to do this on my G. The part is basically the same as in the w123. I wrote a tutorial for doing it on the G.

https://clubgwagen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=17639&p=167718&hilit=column#p167718
On mine the part in between the Key Cylinder and the Ignition Switch broke (it narrows down to a hollow aluminum tube with indexing grooves on the end). I saw no seasonal nor essay way to fix that in part because it hat to be specifically indexed to work properly.
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