Yet another hiccup with the 1981 300 SD.

I went to start the car this afternoon and the key would not turn. After a couple of tries, the key turned and I was on my way.

I remembered in all of my recent reading on this forum that this is a symptom of imminent cataustrophic disaster. I only had to start the car one more time to get back home. It worked fine that time.

Since then the car has been sitting in the driveway and I have been searching for threads on this issue. I have also read the Diesel Giant how to.

Do you guys feel that I only need to replace the key cylinder, or should I replace the entire ignition mechanisim.

Any advice, as well as direction to posts on how to do it as well as how to disassemble the dash will be greatly appreciated. Many of the links in the old threads no longer work. I guess I'll be doing more searching tomorrow