"BTW, the little spring-loaded doors on the key slots are in place."
Hmm, so that is what happens...I looked tonight and the little spring loaded door on my drivers side lock is missing...I was wondering why it freezes and there is not snow or rain...so can you replace this by itself or does the whole door lock have to be replaced? Rhonald 300D 311,000 miles Paying too much for anything? Most Americans are, and there is a way to stop it. Log on to www.buyonlinegetcashback.com today and find out how get something back for a change. > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:08:20 -0600 > From: ka...@striplin.net > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Low temp starting > > that happens all the time around here in the winter. I remember the old > days of frozen locks, especially on 123's. Dont really lock the doors > with the cars parked at the house though. Still, if we get an inch of > ice deposited on everything, the car is encased in a solid layer of ice > and the doors will not open. > > Wilton Strickland wrote: > > I had planned to pick up grandson at about 1100 day before yesterday and > > have an "inauguration" luncheon with him and some other men at a local > > restaurant. 'Was unable to get into any door in either one of my cars > > because of ice - freak/rare (for here) storm deposited 2 - 3 of snow and ice > > with temps in teens. Key would not turn in locks, etc., and, yes, I know > > how to safely thaw them. 'Called grandson and asked him to come pick me up; > > his doors (85 BMW 318i) had the same prob. It was still snowing and very > > windy (plenty of chill factor); he and I went back inside to our respective > > TV's for the inauguration and waited for mother nature to thaw the door > > locks by 1100 yesterday. > > BTW, the little spring-loaded doors on the key slots are in place. > > > > Wilton > > 91 350SDL (195 kmi) > > 87 300D (111 kmi) > > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL, > 89 300E, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D x2, > 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, > http://www.okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090123/448787aa/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
