Did my '72 220 have vacuum door locks?

[d7fresh]

Good afternoon,

I saw some posts about people having issues with vacuum door locks on their W114's and W115's. That got me wondering: did my 1972 220 come with vacuum door locks? If so, it's not working. I just assumed that power locks weren't an option for the car and I've been unlocking and locking manually since I acquired the car earlier in the year.

Does anyone know if this was an option on a '72? If so, how would I be able to tell if my car came with them?

Cheers,
Doug

[socalbenz]

It was an option. The easiest way to find out is to call the dealer parts department and give them your VIN.

[Mike D]

Or you could look for vacuum lines leading into the doors.

[d7fresh]

Thanks guys, I'll check it out.

[686point3]

The easiest way to find out: is to open the gas filler door.
On the inside is a round plastic 'thing' attached to the inside of the door, with a vacuum line attached to it.
If it's not there (or no sign that it ever was), then you never had central locking on the car.
(it was a very rare option on the first version 114/5 cars , the ones with front door 1/4 windows).
It might have become a standard item for series two cars US models ......

Give us a shout back how it turned out....
Thanks

Alex

[meltedpanda]

mine did not , and as mentioned would be a rare option. Mine was pretty well apointed and did not have the vacuum locks

[JimFreeh]

Early W114/W115 cars did not have the lock option.

I'm a bit fuzzy since it's been a while, but I think my 73 220D had them.
I've never seen a set on a 72 or earlier.

Jim