[MBZ] 1972 220D Lost Key $500

2012-06-13 Thread Kevin Kraly
I spotted this one on the local Craigslist just a few miles from me. The car is all there, it’s been parked for 5 years, but ran before he lost the key. He got the VIN coded key, but somebody changed the iggie at some point so the key doesn’t work. He disassembled it enough to know that he

Re: [MBZ] 1972 220D Lost Key $500

2012-06-13 Thread Jim Cathey
Are these cars like the W123/126 in the way of ignition lock removal? Pretty much. Is it possible to hook a battery up and start it without the key using just the start pull lever? Not really, in that the key is _supposed_ to interlock the knob. But sometimes that interlock is broken...

Re: [MBZ] 1972 220D Lost Key $500

2012-06-13 Thread Craig
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:20:22 -0700 Kevin Kraly kr...@comcast.net wrote: Are these cars like the W123/126 in the way of ignition lock removal? Sorry, Kevin, I don't know; it's been a long time since I worked on the W115 we had. I would guess, though, that it would be somewhat a similar process

Re: [MBZ] 1972 220D Lost Key $500

2012-06-13 Thread Dieselhead
I spotted this one on the local Craigslist just a few miles from me. The car is all there, it's been parked for 5 years, but ran before he lost the key. He got the VIN coded key, but somebody changed the iggie at some point so the key doesn't work. He disassembled it enough to know that he