Spare keys

[AlisonH]

I went to get a set of spare keys cut today and no one local can cut them for me!

I have a part number for the one key, but not the other.

A) Is there an easy way to find out a key's part no, please and

B) Can they be ordered online or is it a case of going to a main dealer?

Thanks.

 

[television]

Only from a MB dealer. if electonic

Malcolm

 

[jberks]

Not sure where you've been but we never had problems getting normal MB keys cut. Clearly the electronic ones are a problem but find a decent key cutter and you shouldn't have any problem.

 

[AlisonH]

Thanks. (They are just ordinary keys, not electronic, but too wide for all the local key-cutters' equipment, apparently.)

 

[Stircrazy]

I think they are "Laser" keys.

So called because the co. that invented them was called Laser, not because you need a laser to make them!

You should have 3. One with a round hole in the plastic handle, one with a square hole, and the Flat Key which has no handle.

They all wear with use and so does the barrel, so sometimes they need a bit of a wriggle!

 

[AlisonH]

Strange... I just have the two flat keys. Business end has no holes and the one key fits the door lock and ignition, the other the tailgate. It is the width of the shank, apparently, that the local key-cutters' equipment can't accommodate. They both work fine, but I like to keep a spare set at home, just in case of loss in the mud/muck/hay etc. lol

 

[Stircrazy]

You are down to your last key.

The one that works the tailgate is probably off another car.

I dont have a tailgate key at all (but it works off the central locking) and the only one that works the ignition is the Flat Key!

Next time I see a mechanic I will ask him who does these keys!

 

[Bolide]

Just order them from the dealer. They come from Germany in about 5 days
Give them the chassis number and they'll supply the key. You'll need the V5 and some ID to collect & pay

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[Stircrazy]

Nice one!

Can you price them? Ball park figure?

 

[television]

The figure of £45 is in the back of my mind for these.

Macolm

 

[craigdm]

Any idea on the cost for a electronic one for my car (2000 CLK) ??

I only got the one key supplied when I bought it ...

 

[OmniCognateNeutronRangler]

I think they are around £120

 

[Stircrazy]

Gulp!

Where did I put that slidehammer?

 

[Bolide]

Keys for the W124 & that era are about £13

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[david.pearson]

A key for my 190D cost less than £10 two years ago from main dealer. V5 ID on Thursday p.m. and it arrived from Germany Tuesday a.m.

 

[AlisonH]

I've an invoice amongst the papers, and dated May 2004, for one key and that then cost £9.50p + VAT - total £11.16p from a main dealer then.

 

[Maxbumpo]

I've heard that any brass key will increase wear in the ignition tumbler, and that the steel 'original' keys (including replacements ordered through the dealer) are the best.

If your ignition tumbler starts to get the least bit sticky or finicky, get a new tumbler from the dealer ASAP; once that tumbler jams, the bill to remove it will make you cry...

 

[television]

I've heard that any brass key will increase wear in the ignition tumbler, and that the steel 'original' keys (including replacements ordered through the dealer) are the best.

If your ignition tumbler starts to get the least bit sticky or finicky, get a new tumbler from the dealer ASAP; once that tumbler jams, the bill to remove it will make you cry...

You are correct as the softer brass will wear the steel first, good advice.

Malcolm

 

[Stircrazy]

You are correct as the softer brass will wear the steel first, good advice.

Malcolm

I would have thought the soft brass key would wear more than the lock mechanism.

 

[television]

I would have thought the soft brass key would wear more than the lock mechanism.

No, it works the other way round, in the days of shackle pins the brass bush would out live 3 steel pins.


Malcolm