All seriousness, if you have issues... get a new tumbler and some new proper keys. One of the better $100 expenditures you'll have for the car.

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'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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Thanks for the advice.

No problems, I was just posting up what I thought was an possibly an alternative to the crappy dealer 123 key. Evidently, I may have been wrong. Some say nay to the brass. I have been working fine with the brass for about 3.5 years and no probs on a daily driver. But there seems to be a school of thought that say's brass eventually wears and the shavings jam the mechanisms.

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Atlanta Metro, GA

Brass did wear and jam the tumbler in my SD

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

10-4. Thanks for relating the experience. I'll hit it with some air in the mean time and then look for another solution.

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I may sound like an idiot, but don't let that fool you...I'm not as smart as I seem.

'84 300DT Light Ivory 215K

Atlanta Metro, GA