You can buy the tool from Performance Products.com. It is part number 58-045. Also get the Ignition lock cover remover (58-046), you will be glad you did. Or you could just call a locksmith for $50.00. Locks on the mercedes are alike.

I had the same problem and had to graphite a few times. Then one day, the key stuck in the START position. What a revoltin' developement! The locksmith had literally "break" the steering lock to get the tumbler out. It was

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R. Downs
1985 500SEL (260,000 miles) SOLD!
1974 280 SOLD!
1994 Volvo 850 Turbo Wagon (Yuppie Ice Sled)

"I know I have a Benz and they know it too." If you start bragging about it or shoving in people's face, you then become a Wally; especially to the girls.