oops - I see how this thread needs some more context to execute..
so....the car came with the following key/lock "features"..
2x ignition keys that start the car and match the vin of the car it starts
2x trunk keys that fit the rear trunk and is my only means of locking anything
valuable in the car at present and may or may not match the VIN of Sylvia
but probably not and only the PO or the PPO (or their mechanic(s) might know).
1x drvr/pax door key and 2x salvage locks/tumblers installed by PO who
doesn't know VIN ofthe car those locks
As sold, the car came to me w/ two rings of keys:
Ring 1: Ignition key #1 + the drv/pax door key + trunk key #1
Ring 2: Ignition key #2 + trunk key #2
Rumored to be lost forever in the den of inequity that is my garage and first
floor basement is Ring 1, with now no way to lock the doors and no VIN to tell
Mercedes how to recut the keys for that lock. Prevailing domestic theory is that
the keys somehow fell into the black hole from which the gear selector emanates
and they are slowly settling their way into the bowels of the car. If anyone has
lost something in there before and knows how to retrieve it, or even how big that
space is, please expound forthwith. I have proved with bright light and see nothing
but really long for one of those fiber optic cameras on a flexistick for just such an occasion.
Previous queries to this forum have indicated that in the case of Mercedes
keys, unless you either have a copy of the key or the VIN # of the car the
key was delivered with, one is SOL w/r/t to getting a key cut for that lock
for a fair buck (given any motivated locksmith could probably cut a key
given full access to the tumbler/mechanism).
As before, if you gots 'em, I need 'em.
1984 300SD
2x lock cylinders (drvr/pax doors)
1x working (ideally original) matching key
cheers,
-Barton
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