Bob Rentfro wrote:
Who on the list was making nice wood ended (vice plastic) keys? Does anyone
remember?
Melissa. Haven't heard from her in 6-8 months.
Get yourself a 3/16 thick scrap of some exotic hardwood,
drill a hole in it, file and sand it to a roughly rectangular
shape like the
Thanks, Mitch. Sounds like something even I can do...if I find the key
beneath the seat.
Bob Rentfro
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From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Biodiesel, Keys
My recently deceased (OK - over a year ago) indy/Friend used to order
new plastic key heads and replaced the plastic when a customer brought
in a car, and he noticed the head was getting iffy.
I asked Melissa if she would make in in burl or zebrano, but got no
response -- wonder why? ;-)
--
OK
My local dealer has been giving me plastic heads whenever I break them on
the keys they cut me.
On 2/27/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My recently deceased (OK - over a year ago) indy/Friend used to order
new plastic key heads and replaced the plastic when a customer brought
in a car,
Wonder if all the tropic storms knocked out her ability to make keys
down in Belize
On Monday, February 27, 2006, at 04:58 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Bob Rentfro wrote:
Who on the list was making nice wood ended (vice plastic) keys? Does
anyone remember?
Melissa. Haven't heard from her in 6-8
Bob Rentfro wrote:
Had to drive into the stealership to order a stinkin' key today. The stupid
plastic head cracked and the metal part of the key fell out and down ito the
tracks of my seat somewhere. I reckon I'll have to take the seat out to
retrieve the metal part. $40 for a stinkin' key.
I've been pretty successful shooting a little Shoe Goo in the torn
plastic surround, jamming the metal key back in, and clamping it down
for a while. Seems to make them stronger than new, and, once you've
trimmed away any excess with a good sharp Xacto, it's hard to tell a
repaired key from the
I've been pretty successful shooting a little Shoe Goo in the torn
The new duct tape! It's my favorite glue.
-- Jim
Had to drive into the stealership to order a stinkin' key today. The stupid
plastic head cracked and the metal part of the key fell out and down ito the
tracks of my seat somewhere. I reckon I'll have to take the seat out to
retrieve the metal part. $40 for a stinkin' key. Who on the list was
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Subject: [MBZ] Biodiesel, Keys and Red Devils
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:03:13 -0700
Had to drive into the stealership to order a stinkin' key
I just discovered the joys of the plastic-headed key. The one I just
bought
broke on me. It was at night, and I assumed the metal of the key had
broken.
Later I realized that the metal does not extend up into the bulk of the
handle. Real smart.
My key for my wife's 450 SL (the for-sale one)
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