Thanks Nate - I agree that should work. Although there aren't many whole cars left in the local PAP's, I'll bet the door inventory may still be pretty good. Perhaps I can get a drvr/pax door handle a little easier than I thought. In the mean time, if anyone has the below inventory, I should be good to go on this topic. :^)
-Barton
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@...> wrote:
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>
> O.K. Barton ;
>
> Go get a cheap spare outside door handle and take the lock cylinder out of it , take that and your ignition key to the local locksmith and ask him to make the cylinder match they key ~ this should be $40 if he's honest , if he hesitates in any way , leave and find another locksmith .
>
> This is the easy way IMO , gets you back to square one where you belong as the ign. key still matches the VIN.....
>
> I had this done to the trunk lock of my old red Coupe when the original one died .
>
> I need to have it done to my other red Coupe's trunk lock as it's also dying and hard to get the key to unlock it .
>
> BTW :I had *no* trouble understanding your initial request for matching door handles & trunk lock with key...
>
> -Nate
> Barton wrote:
> >
> > 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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