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Old 05-10-2005, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by TX76513
Guess they used brass keys in 85 Key is OEM just like my SDL key(s) BUT since you work in a MB shop - tell me how to get the cylinder and colar off
PO had a brass key, which is why I had to replace the tumbler about 5 days ago. This is the 3rd tumbler this car has had. Brass keys wear faster than the steel MB keys, and the filings gunk up the tumblers.

I don't work in an MB shop. But you already know how to get the collar off, as the subject has been discussed to death. Put the wire in the hole first. Then turn the key toward position 1 as you are simultaneously pushing in on the wire. Sooner or later the end of the wire will find the hole and go down into it, freeing the lock cylinder. At this point you turn the collar CCW, use a piece of rubber if you lose your grip. If this doesn't happen there is something you are not doing correctly or your cylinder is screwed and you'll have to go ahead and drill it out. Not impossible but that steel is tough.
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