The trunk opened this evening. Weird.
I've seen where the linkage between the vacuum actuator and
the lock mechanism gets a bit messed up, perhaps this is part
of your problem? It's got deliberate 'play' in it, so you
can use the key, but too much is a bad thing. (As would be
too little.)
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 Trunk Lock
Max wrote:
Did you break an original steel key or a copy?
A copy. The ignition cylinder has been
Max wrote:
If you order a new ignition cylinder, odds are good that it will come with a
new
steel key.
Yup. That is what I hope for. Perhaps I can get the valet key also. But first I
must get the trunk lid open...
Rick
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I think that when the trunk key slot has been turned
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I was wrong, owner's manual for a 123 says horizontal is normal position which
locks/unlocks with CLS. This is opposite from my '95 E300 (124
The trunk can be locked with the key, overriding the vacuum system. I
don't recall whether this is horizontal or vertical but I think it's
horizontal. In that case you are going to have to unlock it, you won't
be able to use the vacuum system.
How did you manage to break a steel key? Or was
On Monday, September 19, 2011 4:44 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net
wrote:
If you order a new ignition cylinder, odds are good that it will come with a
new
steel key.
This has not been my experience.
Allan
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Can you depress the button?
Wilton
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Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 10:46 PM
Subject: [MBZ] W123 Trunk Lock
I have a 1985 w123 sedan that SWMBO has been driving lately
Wilton wrote:
Can you depress the button?
Yup. Unfortunately depressing the button does nothing.
Rick
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If you order from Rusty, you get cyl and Key.
On Monday, September 19, 2011 4:44 AM, Max Dillon
meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
If you order a new ignition cylinder, odds are good that it will
come with a new
steel key.
This has not been my experience.
Allan
Or was this a hardware-store brass copy?
Yes.
Oops.
Rick
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On Monday, September 19, 2011 9:18 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
If you order from Rusty, you get cyl and Key.
Weird I didn't remember it that way, but perhaps I'm mistaken.
Allan
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How many times? I only have experience with one, and a new key came with the
cylinder for my '87 124 wagon.
Max
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Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
On Monday, September 19, 2011 4:44 AM, Max Dillon
Allan Streib wrote:
The trunk can be locked with the key, overriding the vacuum
system. I don't recall whether this is horizontal or vertical
but I think it's horizontal.
On a W123 sedan trunk, the default position is horizontal. Turn
it clockwise 90 deg to vertical to be always locked.
I've always gotten a key with the 4 or 5 new cylinders I've gotten.
Wilton
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 10:56 AM
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How many times
On one of the last nights of winter I locked my computer in the trunk. Same
setup, wouldn't turn for anything. I sprayed lubricant and WD40 to no
avail. Eventually I manhandled it open but it was just luck I didn't break
the key.
The next day it was warmer, lock turned easily. I put in some
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Wilton wrote:
Can you depress the button?
Yup. Unfortunately depressing the button
Up here in the north we use methyl hydrate to unfreeze locks. Can
usually buy small squeeze bottles or aerosol spray cans at gas stations
here in winter. More than once I have been low on fuel and unable to get
the darned cap open to refill at the pump.
I think WD40 might prevent freezing but
The trunk opened this evening. Weird.
Anyway, I have no time to troubleshoot this until Wednesday or Thursday.
I think the vacuum lock on the truck latch is sticking. I printed out all of
the pertinent
PDF's and I will have Mityvac in hand. Lock cylinders are on order from Q so
all is well.
I have a 1985 w123 sedan that SWMBO has been driving lately. She has been
complaining
about the trunk not opening right, so tonight I went out to take a look. The
central locking
system has not worked since I purchased the car (door locks, anyway).
The trunk would not open, and the key slot
Order a new VIN-coded key?
Did you break an original steel key or a copy?
Max
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Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote:
I have a 1985 w123 sedan that SWMBO has been driving lately. She has been
complaining
about the
I think that when the trunk key slot has been turned horizontal, it is locked
such that the vacuum lock is over-ridden, so that the valet key will open doors
and operate the ignition but won't open the trunk.
Max
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Max wrote:
Did you break an original steel key or a copy?
A copy. The ignition cylinder has been changed, so one key is needed for the
doors and another key is needed for the ignition. I will be calling Rusty in
the morning for locks. Hopefully, I can get the vacuum system sorted and the
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