Tiger wrote:
> Actually it did on 190E... but I got extremely lucky, I soaked it with
> graphite lubricant... It didn't work right away while sopping wet, but
after
> it dried out a bit, it unlocked and stayed that way for the next 10
years.
>
> My other car 380SE... it didn't lock on me but I was working on the
ignition
> switch... and the locking unit tab that turns the switch broke and I was
> like... what the hell, just do it all.
Interesting. In all my cases a jerk or two of the
steering wheel did the job.
Back to the Lights Problem. By sheer accident this
morning I came across a copy
of a wiring diagram for the 240D and I had red
dots on every ground connection
and a page where I had made a schematic diagram of
all the lamps in the car with
a check mark for good lights and an x for the dead
ones. I also had a Daimler Chrysler copy of the
schematic for the steering and the steering lock.
The date was in 2004 and my 3 fat manuals were in
storage at the time. I'm sure one kind guy from
this group gave the diagrams to me.
So I visited Google Groups and found the
discussion "Tracing a short in a 240D."
Oddly the thread of 14 submissions stopped before
there was a solution, which I
find odd. I would never walk away from a
discussion like that without posting the
resolution. It stretched from 28 Oct 04 to 4 Nov
04 and there was no more.
Tiger, T.G Lambert, Martin Joseph, Pool Man and me
RF were the participants.
Thanks again guys.
I ordered a replacement switch from Mr-Auto-Parts
= John - but he is not sure of there is a
hammer-like projection in the middle of the circle
of pins. Including California tax the price was
about $107.
Have a great holiday guys and thanks again for
your sup****t :-)
RF
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