[QUOTE=funola;1295986] I was able to look at the trunk of a friend's 300D, by popping off the plastic cover, I noted the vacuum motor rod's movement. I was able to access it via the first aid kit opening into the trunk, and by using a 6 ft long furring strip to push on the rod and opene the trunk. Yea!

Congrats on the success, I too did the same for mine as I had no keys when I got my car, took a gamble and ordered a master from MB, which turns out I still have original locks so they worked. Didn't want to wait a week to see what treasures might be in the trunk, (ended up just being an old moldy AAA tour book) so I did the same as you, only with a piece of steel tubing, and figured it out by shoving my head thru the first aid hole for a few hours,lol. I think I was the last to receive the perverbial "Macgyver award" for this, so I now pass it on to you.

A week after receiving my key, I got a call from the parts place saying he had received another key he thought was for my car, I read him the VIN and he confirmed it to the MB packaging, sure enough, in all of their accidental generosity MB had decided to send me a free second key....what luck!