Thanks for the quick tip, I pulled the assembly out together and weaseled the rod out of the latch. The lock and latch slide apart on 3 plastic pins. If you can pull the latch part up off the lock section it's easy to remove. The 3 bolts hold it together. With the rod all the way to the side. I just put a short video up.

Hey, I'm a Ford Mercury Guy also. Just kidding, I'm Mercedes guy and Ford and Mercury too. Thanks for your video I needed to know how to do this on my W123 and now I know in case I need to do it on my W124, got both cars not liking them, now I love them.

Gread video, thanks video, unfortunately mine is not coming out. The cutout on the top is around 5 mm to low, so the upper part of the lock cannot pass. I tried everything.

Hey it’s been a while but do you think you could pull the latch and lock assembly out and take it apart on video? I’m trying to figure out how the whole mechanism works so i can fab up some parts for my mercedes