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Lost only key. New key and T4 people in Wolverhampton?
I've lost the only key to my beloved 75.
I parked it up last year after another head gasket failure and I really want it running again. The battery is flat obviously and I've broken in to get some belongings and open the bonnet the nice way to retrieve the battery, but I now need to obtain a key, cut correctly and get this programmed to the car. If a spanking new key from the local ex Rover, now Ford place is the only way and no one on here can help me, so be it, but I'm then in need of a T4 person in Wolverhampton. Are any of you kind people able to help?
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Why not a key and locks off a scrapyard? Only driver's door and ignition barrel, right?
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Thanks for the responses all.
The T4 list on the tech forum only lists traders with T4s, and they're a decent distance from Wolverhampton. I can't get the car to them, obviously. I know that the Four Ashes meet sometimes has a T4. Who runs those? I've asked on the forum for the Wolves meets, but from what I understand it's also possible to get a key cut from some data on the ECU itself?
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I've this very morning placed an order on behalf of a customer for a key from BMW via Xpart, this is in preference to breaking into the car, then replacing the steering column and door lock.
Even with my Xpart vendor discount he's going to be unlikely to have much change from £200 once the job is finished........ When I first worked on his car back in September, I had advised him to have a blank cut by Express Auto Keys, which would have cost him £15 and meant he would have been up and running on Saturday, sadly this advise wasn't heeded I will be making him a spare key when the new one arrives, and he'll be getting the blade cut.......lesson learned Brian |
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The very least you should do is take a picture of your blade and store it on your phone just in case your key goes missing. Then it is a simple matter of ordering a replacement from where Brian has just stated.
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Yep, I'm a clot. Sadly pointing at me and saying that isn't going to get my car started. I've tried saying that in the mirror many times and have yet to obtain a useful result from it.
I was quite unlucky, in that it slipped off what turned out to be a slightly loose keyring whilst out for the day in another car. I did try to get a blade cut a couple of times, but the local Timpsons and such wouldn't cut a key that wasn't able to be programmed. I tried a few times, but it's rarely ever convenient to do something like this so with each failure, it became less and less likely I'd manage to get it done. In barely using the car, it slipped down my priority list. You might have more friendly cutters in your area. I'm not trying to do it on the cheap. I have accepted it will cost me roughly £200. Even by obtaining a key cut according to the code on my ECU, I still need a T4 to program it to my car don't I? Or am I mistaken? Does anyone know anywhere reputible that is a one stop shop for this? Somewhere or someone that I can post my ECU and immobiliser to in order to be posted back a new working key? Thanks.
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