well my ignition wont turn and my steering lock is stuck on. I've tried the vibration trick with a power sander and using force to get it to work. I had been using one of those brass replacement keys so I thought the problem might have been the tumbler but the vibration trick didn't do anything but ruin my dash.

so I guess my next move is to cut the steering lock out? I've searched the forums and know the different fixes to the different problems, just not sure where I should go from here

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1984 W123 300CD silver/blue *230k*
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Once it took me half an hour of jiggling the steering wheel and turning the key before my ignition un-stuck. Then the key stayed in the car until I got a replacement assembly. It may be worth your time to continue trying. I've never had to cut one out, so cant help you there. Might help to have a friend with a hammer under the dash banging on the assembly while you reef on the steering wheel and turn the key.

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mjk

'84 300SD 119KMi (Liesl der Diesel)
'84 300D 326KMi when the oil left (former parts car)
'82 300SD 253KMi (new parts car)

I'll agree, just keep trying. Recently my key stuck and I tried and tried to jiggle and wiggle it. Left it overnight and returned the following day. Still no luck. Finally called a wrecker. While the wrecker was en route, I tried once more and ------it started. Got home and removed the tumbler and enticed a machinist friend to fashion a pin to keep the column from locking. So far so good.

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John Schroader
bio burnin' 83 300D, '83 300 SD, '79 240D
"I've never met a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else" Ben Franklin
"You cannot permanently help a man by doing for him what he could and should do for himself" Abraham Lincoln

One more thing. Rather than holding the sander to the key (and sanding your dash - ouch!) you could grip the key with vice grips and then hold the sander to the vice grips. I've done this with good results several times in the past.

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John Schroader
bio burnin' 83 300D, '83 300 SD, '79 240D
"I've never met a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else" Ben Franklin
"You cannot permanently help a man by doing for him what he could and should do for himself" Abraham Lincoln

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