Quote Originally Posted by nlevine View Post
...I found a link off of the Bimmerforums board that highlighted a procedure to drill a hole somewhere in the bottom of the cylinder barrel that "frees" the spring that activates the lock mechanism...
Could someone do me a favor and post the link? I just searched the Bimmerforums site and came up with a gazillion hits for "steering lock E30" none of which pertained to steering lock removal on an E30.....

And when I searched on "E30 steering lock removal" I found this thread, but no help.
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...g+lock+removal

After having just done this on my 1987 VW GTI I realize how important it is to get some tips and tricks on how to do this, since the Bentley might not contain all necessary info. So I'm looking for advice on how to remove the steering column lock on a 1991 318i. Thanks!