Sorry about that. Late night post.

This was on the 81 300SD. The parts car was an 85 300SD.
The 81 had the newly replaced lock assembly and the 85 had the factory one.

The factory one was far superior to the replacement but the outer housing was damaged. the newer parts were a more porous cast and excessive cast slag was left on them. The older one was ground down and smoothed on the excess slag. Therefore I used the new housing and lock bar from the 81 and replaced the barrel portion with the older factory parts out of the 85.

I even reused the older triangle lock for the barrel. The older chrome on this part was better prepared (you could see the copper under coating in the wear area ). The newer one was applied directly over the aluminum and was flaking and chipped. It showed excessive wear.

There is absolutely no difference between the 81 and the 85 all parts interchanged. Not sure on the newer ones though.

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