When it rains it pours. Now the switch sometimes balks at going from position one to two. I was worried it was getting in the danger zone so I took the tumblers out of my SDL, not yet headed for the boneyard, about two years old - the whole works - and pretty smooth, Was a bee-awtch to get those suckers out. FINALLY I found and compressed the springy-dingy.

And then I could not get it out of my 300D for love or money. So I looked it over close and it's not that bad. Just need to jiggle it a bit to get it over the detent for position two. I once had some of that lube that the Kent who shall not be linked distributes, supposedly ideal for tumbler cartridges. Can't find it now.

I've heard that WD40 is a mistake to spray into the key slot. I'm wondering if some of Kent's brew injected with big needled into the tumblers might provide some relief.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K