Good Job! FWIW, I have to re-apply Houdini to the old Cessna locks every 4-6 months to keep them working smoothly.
On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The trunk lock on my '98 Jetta has never worked well. For awhile I had > some teflon lock goop that would get it working again. More recently I used > Houdini lube on it which worked well for awhile. In the last 4 months it > hasn't worked at all. I rarely use the trunk but since the car otherwise > has only one lock (driver's door) I wanted another that worked.The lock is > held in with 2 screws, then held together with one E clip so disassembly is > really easy. I didn't pay much attention to the orientation of the bits > which became a problem later on but not that big of a deal really. > What I found inside is a lock very much like a w123: > http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/ > 1998%20Jetta/IMG_20170506_155448848_zpsrm3sn25s.jpg > The little lock wafers are pretty much exactly like a w123: > http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/ > 1998%20Jetta/IMG_20170506_155448848_zpsrm3sn25s.jpg > The lock was clogged with what looks like earwax, it laughed at brake > cleaner although carb cleaner melted it pretty good. I ended up using a > combination of carb cleaner, Houdini lock lube and a brass punch to get the > wafers out. Then used some 400 grit sandpaper to polish the sides of the > wafers. Took about an hour of scraping with a dental tool to get the shmoo > out of the lock cylinder. I did manage to lose a couple of the springs so > I've only got 5 wafers instead of 7. I figure my car isn't much of a target > for thieves... > Theres an o-ring around the body of the lock that had failed. Since the > little door on the end of the lock was intact I think water was getting > past the o-ring and gumming up the teflon stuff I'd put it. I put a new > o-ring on and hosed it down with Houdini lube, I'll keep an eye on it for > the next couple weeks and report the results. > Reassembly was a pain since I hadn't paid enough attention to the > orientation, theres the cylinder orientation (goes in 2 ways) and then a > block that clips on to that which can go two ways. I put it together wrong > 3 times before getting it right... > > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
