Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-15 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
i just unscrewed the switch from the back of the lock. three screws and yer done! No need to unplug the plug. DON"T CUT THE WIRES I had to repair a 124 where some moron had done that. Doing so can leave you F.O.R.D. Worst case, cut the lock in half with a cutoff wheel! Kaleb C

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-15 Thread Craig via Mercedes
e E300D, so I do not have to dig into and > > change all the locks over! > > > > Bob Massmann > > 1995 E300D > > > > -Original Message----- From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes > > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:04 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List &g

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
not have to dig into and change all > the locks over! > > Bob Massmann > 1995 E300D > > -Original Message- From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:04 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Mitch Haley > Subject: Re: [MBZ] New Ignit

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-15 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
You have to have the switch in the 1 position (Run) for the plug to pull out. Robert Massmann via Mercedes October 15, 2016 at 11:31 AM Well I got the steering lock out steering colum. I ground the locking pin until the assembly came out since I couldn't get the

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-15 Thread Robert Massmann via Mercedes
--Original Message- From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:04 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Mitch Haley Subject: Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D You're going to wish you'd never turned it to "lock" when it didn't want to go.

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-14 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
ressure to turn it.  Didn't have any problems before this , no prior incidents at all? BM -Original Message- From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:01 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin Subject: Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 9

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-14 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
d take about 20 seconds to slip old one out and slip new one in. Wilt - Original Message - From: "clay via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "clay" Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:23 PM Subject: Re

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-14 Thread Jon Agne via Mercedes
t > > - Original Message - From: "clay via Mercedes" > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Cc: "clay" > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D > > >> +1 on that method.

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-13 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
7:23 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D +1 on that method. It took me a week of Tri-flow and the buzzy sander on the key head to give me one last turn of the key on the R107. Once fired up, drive directly to a reputable lock smith clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately &

[MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-13 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
See Archives - "124 Tumbler Close Call," 13 Oct '07. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Robert Massmann via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 6:57 PM Subject: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E3

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-13 Thread clay via Mercedes
+1 on that method. It took me a week of Tri-flow and the buzzy sander on the key head to give me one last turn of the key on the R107. Once fired up, drive directly to a reputable lock smith clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-13 Thread Robert Massmann via Mercedes
: Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:01 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin Subject: Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D Should have pullled it while you could still turn it. Try giggling it while turning to see if you can get it to move one last time to pull it out then use a screw

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-13 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
You're going to wish you'd never turned it to "lock" when it didn't want to go. Wilton got lucky, attached his key to a vibrating detail sander and buzzed the cylinder wafers into the 'unlocked' position one last time so he could remove the cylinder. Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Should have pullled it while you could still turn it. Try giggling it while turning to see if you can get it to move one last time to pull it out then use a screw driver to start it until the new one comes in Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 13, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Robert Massmann via Mercedes > wr

[MBZ] New Ignition Switch Issue 95 E300D

2016-10-13 Thread Robert Massmann via Mercedes
Well I have a problem with my ignition switch when I got home tonight. I had trouble turning the switch to the off position, I had to apply unusual pressure to get it to the off position. Yes the transmission lever was in the park position. I put the key back in and tried to turn it to the acce