I'm not going to swap locks, I'm thinking I'll leave well enough alone with the passenger's side and trunk. Those areas have never been touched, and my thinking is: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Would anyone know how the white plastic ring the lock tumbler arm connects to interacts with the vacuum solenoid? Are they directly linked? Maybe that's my problem. I don't think the plastic ring is connected to anything - that I can see anyway.

-Mike

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1989 300CE - 269,000 km
1994 SL600 - 59,000 km