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Thanks Godfather. I can replace the key section easily enough to keep original. Just let me know a price and post and payment method. Pete

Hi all, today my 45yo sel needs a new /used part. The drivers door lock no longer locks the car as the mechanism to lock the door no longer works. The key turns ok but the but won't lock or unlock it. Any idea where I can get the part I need/ Pete

Remember the Hindenburg. A bit of a spark and boom. With a petrol fire you have a chance to get away before the tank goes up. Pete

I have been using a weak solution of hydrochloride acid (brick and let them soak about 5 minutes then rinse off. If need be another 5 minutes and nice and clean. Not if they're chrome though. Pete

what forum is this and how did I get here? Pete

Takes me back to the days of unleaded fuel being introduces and telling us the price increase was due to having to remove the lead from it. When we had super it the higher was because they had to add the lead Not lead as fishing sinkers, a big name chemical. Now it will be 'well it has to come...

Looks like another excuse for the petrol companies to gouge us coming. We seem to be too reliant on imports and it will come back to bite us on the bum. Our governments and industry bosses seem to have failed us again and there is nothing we can do to halt this stupid move.

My 450SEL is a early '75 (March/Aprilish) and a D jet. I'm Know they went to K jet in '76 as a friend has a March '76 450SE and it has K jet. The D jet has a U shaped pipe running around to feed the injectors where as the K jet looks like a spider.:D

Having found a leak at the fuel pump yesterday on my 1975 W116 450SEL. I replaced the siphon hose to accumulator and the 50 mm piece from the accumulator to the pump which seemed to be the culprits as they look to be original hoses and were badly perished with the siphon hose snapping when...

Actually a couple questions. On my 450SEL the fuel gauge works when it feels like. Temp,oil pressure and amp gauge all ok. I've checked the tank sender and its ok. Sometimes all of them stop and then work again but the fuel gauge not so much. Also a question on the speedo. Its in mph and I have...