The lid on my SD is aluminum, although it never occurred to me for years.

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

here is another one for you...
1. squeeze over to the side of the trunk and pull up the spare tire lid.
2. pull yellow vacuum line out of pump in corner
3. blow into the tube.
4. grab the 8 mm wrench from the toolkit and remove tail lamp
5. open.
6. get in drivers door
7. cut lock cylinder off
8. jump pins 15 30 and (10?) to start
9. drive home in your new benz
10. grind off vins
11. buy a $200 126 and stamp all its numbers on your new car

(if someone locked me in the back of their benz they don’t deserve to drive it any longer)

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1983 Mercedes 300SD
1987 Mercedes 300SDL
2001 VW Passat 2.8 AWD
2007 OM642 Jeep WK 4x4

The rear speakers could be forced out.

Really? My 82 seems to have rust on it!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I would keep poking at the rust holes, and maybe pull the rubber plugs in the floor of the trunk....tail lights out too, use the lug wrench to punch out the lights or somethin....

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91 350SD
14 F150 Eco
19 Fusion Hybrid
11 GT500

What show?

Bump cause the show is back on.

I would take the light out and open the trunk too, but if not, you can access the vacuum motor in the trunk and hotwire it.

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91 350SD
14 F150 Eco
19 Fusion Hybrid
11 GT500

Open up the toolkit and unbolt the taillights for air and light, then unbolt the trunk.

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-justin

1987 300TD, 1987 300TD
2008 R32, 2000 Passat Wagon

The show is NCIS; it is on CBS tonight at 8 (too late for the west coast guys sorry). It is a pretty good show about Navy guys tracking down the bad guys. Most episodes are a bit unrealistic (but what show on TV is)
but it is pretty good fluff; way better than the CSI's.

--Matt

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KI6CCA

Current Stable:
1987 300SDL
1980 450SEL

Out to Pasture:
1982 300D KIA (Rice Rocket vs. 123: He hit me at 80-100MPH I walked away he went to the hospital. Sounds fair to me!)
1985 300D EURO Scrapped (got more money from state than car was worth)
1979 & 1980 300SD Great Cars!

ya mean east coast guys... right?

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

I wonder when MB changed things around?

All panels on my SDL and SD are steel. Yet an '84 SD parts car my dad has seems to have both an aluminum trunk and hood (magnet test).

Anyway. If I were stuck in the trunk of one of my cars, I would do the same as what has been suggested.

There are rubber plugs that may be removed for better air circulation attached to the quarter panels underneath the cardboard-like trunk covers. I could poke them out with my finger. Perhaps that would also allow enough light into the cabin (if it was daylight) so that I could attempt to disable the lock, remove the tail-light frame and lens, and unlock my trunk.

Oops; yes that is what I meant.

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KI6CCA

Current Stable:
1987 300SDL
1980 450SEL

Out to Pasture:
1982 300D KIA (Rice Rocket vs. 123: He hit me at 80-100MPH I walked away he went to the hospital. Sounds fair to me!)
1985 300D EURO Scrapped (got more money from state than car was worth)
1979 & 1980 300SD Great Cars!

A quick kick to the lock usually opens it.





dont ask how I know....

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-1983 VW Rabbit LS Diesel (5speed, VNT/Giles build)

Since my 126's trunk is filled with restoration parts the attacker would have to clean out the trunk in order to put me in there. While I was being a nice guy and helping him I would hit him in the head with the extra A/C compressor I have back there and run like h***.

On my 140 there is a release.

But I think you guys are overlooking mobile telephones. Most attackers don't take the time to take away your mobile phone when throwing you in the trunk. I have my tag numbers memorized. One quick phone call would hopefully eliminate the situation without having to break my car in the process.

I also carry with me an analog bag phone in each of my cars. I had a break down on a trip once (in one of my "reliable" Japanese cars) and did not have Cellphone reception on my handheld and had to walk several miles for help. I got a bag phone for each one of my cars after that experience and can at least dial 911 or do credit card roaming on the A and B towers of the analog carriers. With a full 3 watts of analog power you could at least annoy 911 into helping you with some repeated scratchy phone calls.