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11-06-2012, 12:17 PM
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Black plastic cover comes off the ignition key
I have several older Mercedes and it seems they all have a common problem of the black plastic "handle" part of the ignition key cracking and eventually falls off the metal part of the key. I have seen some that were super glued back together but that only last a couple months. Anybody else had this problem and come up with a good fix?
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11-06-2012, 12:38 PM
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i just throw away the black plastic and drill a hole in the key for the key ring.
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11-06-2012, 12:40 PM
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there are many fixes for this issue on here.
just do a search on key head and you will find plenty. I soldered a copper pipe smashed flat to the key. stamped the MB symbol into the copper, and painted it black. others have cast urethane molds, or shaped some zebrano wood and affixed it to the key.
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11-06-2012, 12:41 PM
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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11-06-2012, 01:17 PM
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You can always make a wood key head.
 http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/312435-diy-wood-key-head.html Unfortunetly the new keys MB makes for us suck. They plastic heads used to be molded to the keys, now they are a slip on cover. The old molded keys held up WAY better. The new ones last a year or two at the most, and then crack and tear.
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Last edited by Biodiesel300TD; 11-06-2012 at 01:29 PM.
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11-06-2012, 09:34 PM
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I like Chads idea of the POR-15 epoxy putty, especially since I have some.
 http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/327917-another-way-deal-broken-key-head.html Charlie
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11-07-2012, 12:47 PM
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