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  • 04-09-2011 06:49PM
    #1
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭


    OK, I have a Ford Focus Cmax 06.
    Today I broke the blade of the three button key that comes with it, I have managed to kind of cobble something together that works from a spare key, whilst holding the remains of the three button key close to it and this will start the car (groan).
    So now I need the blade part of the key, which doesn't contain a chip and so needs no programming.
    Has anyone ever ordered anything oh this crowd?
    http://www.keysinthepost.com/index.html
    Any good?
    The have the bit I'm looking for for £10, how much will Ford fleece me for?
    Or is there anyone in the Limerick area that can cut the bit I need?
    This is the bit I need:
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRBlIQ4KgxCXHhwZNzOpRHVox9wfyqGoir8SmTA53Sti9307VPiOlW7XbQ


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  • #2
    OldmanMondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭OldmanMondeo


    I was looking to get a spare key cut for my car, the local key cutter was offering me the blade for around 20 cut. Try these guy first, might work out cheaper and quicker.


  • #3
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    The main dealer will have this part too and in stock plus they usually cut them FOC if your buying it from them. From what I remember they only cost about a tenner and you can slide the main part if the key into it.


  • #4
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Will also try the main dealer, it's Sheil's in Ennis, but will visit their Limerick branch, since I work there. (Not Sheils's, but Limerick)
    If it's only a tenner, no need for ordering stuff of the interweb.


  • #5
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Right, here's what happened so far.
    I had a spare key with chip, which wasn't programmed, so no joy there.
    I found out the chips interact via RF with the car, so what if I had the blade from the spare and the chip from the main key?
    Using the spare key with the main key didn't work, since the two chips interfered with each other. (least so I think)
    I was able to take the actual blade out of the spare key and, with a little 2 component epoxy resin, fashion a flat bladeholder which I taped onto the remains of my actual key.
    So the blade fitted the lock and the chip activated the ignition (which it doesn't have, being a diesel, but you get the idea).
    That way at least I got on the road.
    Today I went to Sheil's (Main Ford dealer) on the Ennis Road in Limerick.
    There I was able to get the clip on part for the main key cut from my spare key.
    Put it in the lock, turned, Eureka!
    All fixed for E17, key in the post from the above mentioned crowd would have cost £13, so it's about the same and no waiting for days for a package to arrive.
    I simply cannot believe the main Ford dealer was about the same price as some crowd from the internet!
    So, all's well that ends well and I still have an (unbelievably ugly) spare key that won't start the car, so back to where I was to begin with...(not with my problem, but my general key situation)


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