After a full year since the first hiccup, I had my steering column lock acting up again recently.
Some WD40 by the locking sleeve and a whack with a rubber mallet seemed to do the trick but it still struggles to lock at times and then I have to wiggle the key a bit to be able to turn it. Particularly after having driven for an hour or so in hot weather and then removing & re-inserting the key. It will then work countless cycles trouble free.
Now I could have the whole thing repaired at my local garage for €350-450 as I do like things working on my cars. But then again, since my lock isn't dead (yet), I decided to give an inexpensive emulator a try; at €40 + 35 postage seems like a no-brainer.
This way I will have a cheap insurance policy against being stranded somewhere unpleasant and the added bonus of being able to revert to stock or even periodically work the lock, say during service...
What I don't seem to be able to find though is a walk through connecting the thing.
I assume, I can turn the key to position II to safely unlock, then by removing the plug the locking mechanism freezes in the unlocked position. Then I can plug the emulator and move on from there. To those who have done this, is my thinking correct?

Thank you

So, I decided not to cheap out on this one. I'm having the lock repaired AND the emulator installed. I don't care whether the column locks or not, I just want to have all systems running and the option to use or not use them as I please

Steering column lock sorted by my local garage. They sounded very confident in their job done. Will keep the emulator in the glove box for now just to be on the safe side.

Duplicate post.