I'm trying to remain hopeful, but not much progress has been made...... Thanks for the tip about the antenna ring, Lowell, I got that off without breaking anything (at least that part went well!), but still haven't gotten the lock cylinder to budge.
Can someone who's done this before tell me how much resistance I should expect when inserting the wire? There are two positions at roughly 60- and 65-degrees that I can slide the wire in rather deep. At 60 it slides real easy, there's more resistance at 65, but in between those two I can't push it in at all. Does that make any sense?
Also, the wheel is locked - does that help define the situation any more?
Today's redeeming quality is that my girlfriend brought over a donut for me this morning, knowing I couldn't drive to get my favorite weekend snack on my own