As per one of my earlier posts, both front door locks are sticking/catching and only work intermittently with a lot of key wiggling. It's not the key - I've had new ones made - so I suspect the tumblers are worn.

I've searched extensively and there have been quite a few mentions of removing the tumbler/lock cylinder and then filing down the individual tumblers and/or removing them to fix the lock.

How exactly do I remove the cylinder/tumbler from the door? I understand you can remove it without removing the handle or without removing the door panel. Is this correct? can anyone shed light on how exactly you remove it? Thanks in advance,

Chris

P.S. It's for my 1989 300E. As stated, I can fully insert the key and sometimes the locks work.

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2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

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