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Some jerk had to decided to try to break into my car, and try
to do this by jamming a big flat-head screwdriver into the passenger
door lock. So thus, it didn't work. But left me with a practically
inoperable door lock. Which, for me, while dating, was a pretty
bad deal, that I could not open the door for my date. Anyways,
here you have two options.
1. Dealer = $137.50
You can go to the dealer, and they quoted me $137.50 (2003)
for me to give them my VIN and directly from Germany, they would
have one made and shipped.
Blah!
2. eBay & Locksmith = ~$30
Ah ha! It's so easy to find literally hundreds of people parting
out their cars on ebay. Just email a few, and soon enough, someone
will email back and ship their handle to you for less then $20
shipped. Now take this with your key to your trusty locksmith(a
good one, the ones that can make good keys, and for $10-$20
he'll rekey it to your key, no problem. So for less than $40,
you can get a brand new lock, etc. This also works for tumblers,
etc.
Replacing this handle, it pretty intuitive, I did it, with
my limited knowledge.
When you get it in the mail, you don't need to take it apart,
just give that lock and your key to the locksmith and ask him
to work his mojo on it. I've heard of some people getting quotes
of over $100 to have this done. Sheesh! Find someone else. You
usually have to find someone that can also cut these old Mercedes
Steel Keys. They know how to do stuff.
Submit some pictures if you've done this.
More Coming Soon! (As soon as I figure out how
to do this or make the time to put the pictures up & stuff)
If you can provide some
good pictures and/or how to DIY, submit!
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