Hello everyone! My first post here. I just picked up a 1972 240Z that my uncle had for the last 20 years. It was a California car for most of it's life, and appears to have been repainted and undercoated at some point in it's life as the car is very rust free for a Z. There is some battery box rust, some small frame rail and floorboard rust, and some hatch rust. The hatch rust may require a new hatch but we'll see. Anyway, on to the question.
The car was sitting in a building for 20 years, and my uncle died and we grabbed the keys that we thought went with it, but they don't really work in any of the locks very well at all so I think they are the wrong keys. The ignition was able to be turned to the on position with lots of persuasion and WD40, so that we could turn the wheels, but then the key fell out and I can't get it to turn again. So it is stuck on. On the side of it, someone wrote "77" so I think it was replaced at some point from a 1977 Nissan. The driver's and passenger's door locks both have an M4080 code on them, which doesn't seem to jive with what others have said on here...that the code should be starting with an M5000? I can't find a code on the hatch lock. I'm thinking of just having all of them retumbled for some code in the range and calling it good. I'd like to get on to trying to get the engine running instead of messing with keys. Anyone have any suggestions or ideas as to if the code on the locks is correct or not, or if I should just get them all retumbled?
Thanks!
Greg
