WTB: Ignition Switch/Lock/Tumbler/Door Locks

[BenjaminSmith]

Looking for very good condition complete ignition/door lock set. 

[bimmerdotcom]

Hi Benjamin,

 

I can get used handles and ignition lock from germany. Also a couple of blank keys. $550.00

 

Let me know

 

Saul

[BenjaminSmith]

Hello Saul,

 

Interesting, and thank you for responding.  Can you tell me more about them?  What condition are they in?  Do the door handles come with gaskets?  Can you quote mileage from the cars from which the sets were removed?  Given the price is considerably more than US sets that have sold on this site I am reluctant to plunk down that much money without a little more information and/or photographs.  Hope you understand

 

Best regards,

 

Ben Smith

Cadence

www.cadencewinery.com

“Few Washington winemakers so convincingly capture a specific site in the bottle year after year than Ben Smith.”

-Sean Sullivan

Seattle Met Magazine, September 2015

 

[Guest_anonymous]

Curious, what will the mileage of the car tell you about the door handle or ignition tumbler?

[BenjaminSmith]

As with any parted out car or used part in general, I use the mileage as a rough estimate for number of cycles a part may have been put through, and therefore a gauge of the potential wear and life left in the part.  Pull a part from a car with 86k on the clock and I have far more confidence in its life than a part pulled from a car with 226k on the odometer.  Mine has 226k.  I could have pulled the lockset at 225k and sold it to someone as being in good condition only to have it fail in 1000 miles.  I realize there is no way to perfectly predict lifespan of used equipment but what other measure do I have?

[bimmerdotcom]

18 hours ago, BenjaminSmith said:

Hello Saul,

 

Interesting, and thank you for responding.  Can you tell me more about them?  What condition are they in?  Do the door handles come with gaskets?  Can you quote mileage from the cars from which the sets were removed?  Given the price is considerably more than US sets that have sold on this site I am reluctant to plunk down that much money without a little more information and/or photographs.  Hope you understand

 

Best regards,

 

Ben Smith

Cadence

www.cadencewinery.com

“Few Washington winemakers so convincingly capture a specific site in the bottle year after year than Ben Smith.”

-Sean Sullivan

Seattle Met Magazine, September 2015

 

Hi Benjamin,

 

I sent PM already

 

Saul

[shermanmartinez]

I have a NOS lock set available. Email me for pictures. shermanmartinez at Hotmail dot com

[71bmr02]

I have a steering column with one key, never been apart.  don't have any idea how many cycles it may have been thru. That cycle data is stored in a chip inside the keyed switch, which as you know resets if the switch is taken apart for any reason and the chip self destructs to resemle dirt and dust found in and under the dash boards of all 2002's .  the modular key switch switch chip readers were germany only, dealer only tools and were all destroyed at the end of the 2002 run.  Although i have heard there may be one working unit remaining at the bottom of the Rhine River in a sealed lead container.

 

If youre interested, want to take a chance that is, on the keyed steering column, pm or email me to discusss details

 

Gale H

douggaleh at hotmail dot com

[BenjaminSmith]

16 minutes ago, 71bmr02 said:

I have a steering column with one key, never been apart.  don't have any idea how many cycles it may have been thru. That cycle data is stored in a chip inside the keyed switch, which as you know resets if the switch is taken apart for any reason and the chip self destructs to resemle dirt and dust found in and under the dash boards of all 2002's .  the modular key switch switch chip readers were germany only, dealer only tools and were all destroyed at the end of the 2002 run.  Although i have heard there may be one working unit remaining at the bottom of the Rhine River in a sealed lead container.

 

If youre interested, want to take a chance that is, on the keyed steering column, pm or email me to discusss details

 

Gale H

douggaleh at hotmail dot com

 

Sounds like something straight out of Wagner's Der RIng des Nibelungen!

 

I am set, thank you, and about to close the thread.