THANKS! I have joined a couple of Jeep forums (my other car is an '89 XJ and I love it!)
But the quality of the members has been spotty. Lots of young, dumb posts. I was just saying to my wife a couple of days ago that the quality of the members on this forumn is far and away better than any other forumn I read/belong to!

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

If it is a factory alarm, stick the key into the drivers door and unlock it, it should shut it off. If it doesn't work because the switch is bad, try the passenger side. If it is an aftermarket alarm, just disconnect it.

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1984 300D, 246k, veggie, sold
1982 300SD 301k

I think I found the problem, moving the car around (it was in the way of my driveway resurfacing project) ran the battery down, which apparently armed the alarm (factory alarm). I put a battery charger on it and found the secret little button to reset the alarm (the door locks didn't seem to work). Now it should be OK if the battery holds a charge. I still hate the POS.

Thanks guys.

Well it looks like the battery is toast, won't hold a charge. The subject POS now starts with a jump, but running the battery down must have killed it completely. I guess I need to go by a new battery, my wife likes to drive this thing when it snows (potentially any day now).