Jimpster Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 10 hours ago, perry081064 said: How do I contact this person named Richard? I'd happily pay 100 plus another 200 on top if he could sort mine as all the local garages want me to take it to a dealer as they can't code or repair . https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=richard aaron beetwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry081064 Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 1 hour ago, Jimpster said: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=richard aaron beetwell Not sure if it's my Facebook settings but I'm finding it's a page not found ? Edit : did a manual search on his name . If he is based in Essex, I have found the right person and ive sent a private message. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry081064 Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 2 hours ago, StephenFord said: Maybe you should edit your profile as it definitely states your car is 2009... Oops , you are correct, I hadn't realised and hadn't changed the details in my profile. All done now , sorry for the confusion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimpster Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 1 hour ago, perry081064 said: Not sure if it's my Facebook settings but I'm finding it's a page not found ? Edit : did a manual search on his name . If he is based in Essex, I have found the right person and ive sent a private message. good he has a company called Customod, thats the guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry081064 Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 5 hours ago, Jimpster said: good he has a company called Customod, thats the guy Spoke via pm earlier . He only does focus , however he thinks it's a power issue as the cluster will do that on first power up. He's advised me to check the fuse when I can and before it goes to ford. Just need to locate it now . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimpster Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 try Ollie Jones then, maybe he's your guy, https://www.facebook.com/groups/764451997055205/search/?q=ollie jones there must be someone outthere that wont bend you over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 New toy now all up & working. Can't believe Timpsons want £240 for same! Ironically, what I thought was the easy bit, getting the blade cut, was by far the most difficult. A local guy is off this week, 3 other ones I have used historically didn't survive lockdown (2 x closed, one a Vape shop) and Timpsons, well they refused to cut my blank saying it was against company policy. So ended up driving to Belfast to a heel bar/key cutting shop I have used for decades, did it no issue. So for £10 key + £15 cutting, I am well chuffed! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 But does it work ? 🤔 Can it remotely lock/unlock the doors and will it start the engine, or do we have to wait till next weeks thrilling episode ??? 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 6 minutes ago, unofix said: But does it work ? 🤔 Oh sorry LOL I thought when I said 'all done' that would have implications. The remote functions perfectly, locks/unlocks/boot too, , and it deactivates the immobiliser and starts car, yes, original keys were in house to prevent any proximity issues! The only thing I can't work out is how to open her up to replace the battery when eventually needed! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Fantastic result, well done 👍 So there's a nice little job for you now, supply and programme keys for £50 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 1 minute ago, unofix said: Fantastic result, well done 👍 So there's a nice little job for you now, supply and programme keys for £50 😀 I've already checked, MayPole don't sell them 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd457 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 6 minutes ago, StephenFord said: The only thing I can't work out is how to open her up to replace the battery when eventually needed! If it's built identically to my relatives' then you should find a place, within the area the shiny bit (the key part of the key 🤔) folds into, which you can stick a small screwdriver into to depress a clip, then it comes apart into two pices. Then the piece containing the battery can be prized open. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 5 minutes ago, rd457 said: If it's built identically to my relatives' then you should find a place, within the area the shiny bit (the key part of the key 🤔) folds into, which you can stick a small screwdriver into to depress a clip, ... Well done you! That's exactly what I found when I open the flip key (not use to having such a posh key!). I'll wait till battery starts acting up to fully try as I don't want to risk breaking my new toy LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd457 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 A relative is lucky enough to have one and I just happened to take it apart some weeks ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimpster Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 yep splits in half then the back bit splits in half again did mine the other day or so, i have a fancy vinyl cover on mine, via aliexpress. Some of the gold has worn away 12+ months on but still looks pretty, great you got it sorted. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd457 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 @perry081064 have you made any progress finding someone to look at it yet? I've been wondering whether I might be able to help you out. There should certainly be no need to spend anywhere near that £750 quote from Ford. Bare with me whilst I go over what's in my head on this, there're various possibilities on how I might help... Firstly, I'm not certain whether or not Ford were still using lead-free solder when they built your IC, but this is a common source of electrical problems with ICs built up to at least around 2011 (it ends up cracking resulting in poor connections), a problem well known to some of us on this forum. If they did use it on your IC then there's a possibility that this could be partly or wholly responsible for these intermittent faults. It's very hard to be confident in this though with your specific symptoms and not knowing for certain when exactly Ford changed back to leaded solder. I've recently offered up my own repair service for that specific issue, currently for just £40 + postage (priced cheaply to undercut other such services). If you wanted to purchase my service and send me the IC (very easy to remove with the correct screwdriver) I could take a look for the common signs of cracked solder joints on the main wiring connector (where the cracks show up) and re-solder that for you if it seems to be suffering from that. If I find no sign of this and you just want me to send it back then I could give you a partial refund. What I can offer in terms of IC work is limited by lack of certain equipment. I can only offer the aforementioned re-soldering with what I have, no testing or much further investigation. In your case more invasive electronic fault finding may be required to locate a fault, assuming the IC has one. Such fault finding isn't easy, and I am inexperienced in this area, but if I had an adjustable bench power supply, which is used to provide power to a circuit board being tested, then this may prove very helpful to trying to perform such investigation. Providing power to the board with such a device might (I'm not certain) allow me to reproduce the problem and thus help test any fixes I've made, and may also help prove that the gauge needles have been put back in place correctly after reassembly. I can't promise that it would definitely make a substantial difference to investigating your fault(s), but it might. The reason I'm talking about this is because I'm very hard up financially so I can't afford to just buy one for this work. If we could agree for you to pay me say £100 + the postage (for shipping the IC), and I hope I'm not being too cheeky asking for that, I'll spend most of it on a good power supply (or I suppose you can buy it for me if you'd prefer), I'll do any re-soldering needed, and I'll spend some time examining the IC circuit board for a fault to the best of my ability. I can't guarantee I'll achieve anything, especially since we can't even be 100% certain there's an actual fault in the IC, and I don't want you to be spending money on nothing, but I'll try my best looking at it if you're willing to take a chance on this. If I don't end up achieving anything useful then I can at least offer to give you back what I've not spent on the power supply. If we were to conclude that the IC is faulty and not repairable then a replacement is obviously needed, though there's no need to spend anything like £750. From a quick look on eBay it seems that a used replacement can possibly be picked up for as little as £25. This would need to be reprogrammed though, which I also don't have the equipment for. There are services that the old and new units can be sent to for this to be done. One I just looked at charges £125. Or, since we both live in the West Midlands, if you're not too far away (do you want to share your location in a private message?) perhaps I could get this done myself with the right equipment, though I have no experience of it. One piece of equipment that would be needed to do it is a suitable OBD2 cable, and I believe the recommended one is something like £40. The other would be ForScan, if I'm correct in believing that it has the necessary software capabilities to do the job for your specific model (I looked at some videos but I'm not certain about some things). ForScan is free but you need a Windows based laptop, which I don't have; I certainly don't expect you to buy one for me, but if you have one and live close enough and would be willing to cover petrol, I could perhaps come over and try to get it done with ForScan on your laptop, though I appreciate there's a lot of uncertainty here. Another possibility would be for me to see if any local mechanic has suitable equipment to get that done for a reasonable price, or maybe there's another member of this forum with this stuff and living not too far away who could help? If I end up coming over to you I could also offer to try spending some time seeing if I could otherwise find a source of the problem if such work on the IC doesn't sort it. Does any of this interest you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 4 minutes ago, rd457 said: Does any of this interest you? What a brilliant offer, the OP would be foolish not to take you up on it. Shame you don't live in Northern Ireland LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Sorry guys, one last question (my best impersonation of Colombo!). Is my new key classed as a 'clone' or a 'master' which can be used for future programming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 If you used the programming system of having two original keys to start the programming sequence then your new key will be a genuine unique key (in other words a master). Your car will have learnt 3 unique code numbers from the transponders in each of the keys, so if you lose one you will be able to replace it using the remaining two. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Yes I know... sad Who knew you could get key 'covers'... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimpster Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 58 minutes ago, StephenFord said: Yes I know... sad Who knew you could get key 'covers'... Its one of those oooooh bits when trolling Aliexpress 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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