Originally Posted by wilburtual

Got the new key from the dealer today...... and........ its works great!! that was for sure the problem, and after comparing the old an new key, its quite obvious so disaster averted!! after looking at my other 1977 240D key, i'm gonna go order one for him too, seems like $30 well spent!
take a look at the old and new, at first glance it looks like a totally different key !