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Old 03-17-2014, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by vtmbz View Post
In the past I have disassembled door locks cylinders and removed most of the little leaves so that the key would still turn them. Does anyone think that would that work for the ignition? I never park my car anyplace where I worry about it getting stolen, and it has an original cylinder in place.

I forget now just what I did, but it involved throwing out the worn leaves (pins in most padlocks) and putting things back together. Easy to do and worked great.

Will a cylinder from a door work in the ignition? Maybe thats the question.
In a w123, door cyl will not work in the ign. Door cyl come apart easily to get to the leaves, Ign cyl do not, or I have not been able to figure it out yet. Give it a go on your 190 and let us know if you figure out how.
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