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Jeremy5848 · #9 06-27-2010, 06:44 PM

Charlie doesn't give a source for his $17.06 part (and probably not allowed under forum rules anyway) but I prefer to use a "gen-you-wine" MB part for this application.

As for the post #11 in the link, it seems to apply more to removing the lock assembly when the key doesn't work. In my case, the lock cylinder is newish; I replaced it myself, a trivial job, my old lock worked well but I wanted one key for everything on the car. (The two-key problem was inherited with the car, one of the many boogers I had to pick.)

I hope to be able to remove the electrical portion without disturbing the rest of it but maybe not - in a thread I found, gsxr said it was a PIA. If the plastic innards are worn such that the contacts don't 'make' properly, I'll replace the switch. It depends on how the switch is made.

Can't find gsxr's pictures - must have not searched with the right keywords.

Thanks for the advice, people.

Jeremy