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Greetings:

Long story short, my 2006 Vespa 150 is in the shop. The local Vespa dealer place left a voice message for me today, indicating what I thought he said was that he needed the "Master Key" in order to change out the "CD Box" or "CV Box" or something? Is there such thing as a "Master Key" that I don't know of? I bought my Vespa used from a private owner and he doesn't know anything about a Master Key.

Can anyone shed light on this and help me with what I need to do?
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Yes, the master key is brown/red and rather important. I'm guessing he said CDI box. More info here:

FAQ: Do I Need The Red Key?
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Oh no. That's obviously not good. Not even sure where to start at this point. Thank you for the info.
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If the CDI needs replacing and you have no master (brown) key, then you'll need a new lock set as well. Not too expensive.
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They called & said about $80 for the new lockset, so that isn't too bad assuming it'll then get them into the CVI.

Thanks!
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