I am 3/4 of the way through replacing the evaporator core on my 1993 300E. I have already swaped out the evap core and have started putting back all the interior pieces. I put the ignition cylinder back in the steering column but when I attempt to remove the key it won't budge. I can move it to first, second, and third position but cannot remove the key. Is there a trick to this or will it come out when I reconnect the battery and get power back to the car? Never had any problems with the igition getting stuck before removing it for this project. Thanks for the help.

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Just a wild guess but I would move your tranny shift from park to neutral and drive and back firmly in to park and try again.

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1993 Benz-190E-2.6 liter

Thanks for the tip. There was a cable I forgot to hook back up... If you look at the picture therre is a hole on the right side of the ignition where the cable screws in. I figured it out after I got my dash all wired up and had one cable left over.

Awesome! I'm glad you got it taken care of.

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1993 Benz-190E-2.6 liter

the ignition key in my '82 w123 (240d) failed to work. i took dieselgiant.com advice (thank you!!!) on grinding down the pin potruding into the steering column. regardless the key still did not work! i bypassed the system by removing the vacuum lines and plugging them before starting...
glowplugs don't work but a squirt of WD40 does it everytime... I just short connectors on starter ad it comes right up
and unplugging the vacuum lines to kill the car!

my question is will continued use in this state cause any damage to the electrical sys or otherwise???

thank you for any input!
john