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Bumping an old thread but I have a question for the ones who had success in doing this. I took one of my already programmed keys.. cut It up, took the chip out, swapped the internals from my stock remote and switched them over to the new flip key posted and the lock/unlock don't work. Shouldn't they work without any programming because all I technically did was swap key shells? Any help would be appreciated.
So the guys swap over perfect, and I swapped over the lil metal piece that touches the + side of the battery, but the case lid is really tight when closing it, causing everything to be squished and the buttons won't click. They will if i take the screw out and open the lid a bit. I noticed there's a lil "peg" on the lid side that touches the motherboard,so i cut it in half hoping it would releive tension, but the battery housing seems to be pushing it down too much.
Anyone else have this problem?
All done. I messed the 1st one up pretty good. You have to remove the rubber thingy from the electronic key fob BEFORE installing it or it’ll never fit. There was a plastic stem that holds the fob in place I snapped off and then stripped the screw holding it down. The second key took 5 mins including splitting the original key and getting the transponder out.
Starting the Evo is a little finicky. The guy who cut my key was older (been in business since 61) and cut it a littler high so after putting the key in to start I have to pull it out a micron or 2 to get it to start.
This key shop I found was classic. The owner had these old key chains from the 80’s. Want a brand new key chain for a Mercury Topaz or a Buick Electra? He’s got it. He had this ancient Mitsubishi Mirage key chain for $3.50 I figured why not? Close enough. $4 to cut both blades and cut me an emergency spare to get into the car.
Great thread thank you. It made this exercise easy.
Both shipped from China but only took 1.5 weeks to get to me. Buying the chip alone saved me the trouble of having to cut one out of a key.
Transplanted the internal circuit board (minus the rubber gasket) with the button battery and metal tab from a working remote to the new key fob.
Glued the transponder chip into a tiny cubby towards the top of the fob next to a screw post.
Took the blank key to a locksmith with a storefront (to save on mobile service fees) and had him cut it to match the original (should only cost a couple of dollars).
Reassembled the key fob.
Used two original keys to program the new chip as detailed in an above post.
Bam, works like a charm.
