After reading the horror stories of worn ignition switches having to be drilled out,when mine started to get hard to turn on from time to time, i ordered a new one from the dealer. I was familiar with the tumbler used on the previous W 124 and W 126 (the kind that use the "U" shaped wire to unlock the tumbler) but this new one is different!
I've searched the threads but no mention of the tumbler on a W 210. HELP! Is there a special tool ? What's the secret?

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John
'97 E300 Diesel (60k)
'99 Chrysler T&C
'87 300D Turbodiesel (sold)
'81 300SD Turbodiesel (sold)
'77 240D (sold)
'73 280 SE 4.5 (sold)
'66 250 S (sold)
'66 230 (sold)

'Best I can do is the RU site's Pictogram:
(It doesn't make sense to me though...'shows the #23 [Transponder] and #20
[tumbler cover] as being outboard of the key?)

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'84 300SD sold
124.128

Thanks for the drawing. I don't think that my car has the transponder because I don't think that the key has a "chip" (i may be wrong). If I can get the tumbler out, we'llall know

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John
'97 E300 Diesel (60k)
'99 Chrysler T&C
'87 300D Turbodiesel (sold)
'81 300SD Turbodiesel (sold)
'77 240D (sold)
'73 280 SE 4.5 (sold)
'66 250 S (sold)
'66 230 (sold)

John, how did you get the tumbler out? I am having the same problem. Thanks.

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85 300CD Signal Red/Tan sold
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98 BMW 328i Vert White 100K, sold
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93 BMW 525iT Red 193K, sold
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94 E320 White 127K, sold
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