Switching to Newer Key - Printable Version

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Switching to Newer Key - MY95 - 13-01-2016

So the buttons on my key have never worked so had to open the car manually every time (which is an issue when the locks freeze!), and im fancying a newer key such as from a 208/308 or something newer and nicer, how would I go about this? Would it be as simple as taking insides out of my car key and swapping them over an voila?
Thanks

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Redordead89 - 13-01-2016

Nope, the micro board is shaped to the key! And if or when you open the key up there's a little black chip wedged in one of the corners of the key case that must be transferred with the key blade and chip board in to a similar key shell! Later 208 or 308 key cases will not line up with the buttons on the board!
Might be a daft suggestion but have you tried swapping the batteries in the key for new ones?
Cr2025 iirc x2 pack of 2 energisers in asda for under a fiver and almost always works after changing them! Rofl

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Piggy - 13-01-2016

Done and done.

Takes some careful modding of the new key.

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Redordead89 - 13-01-2016

I guess piggy has done this before then! I didn't know it was poss!

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Piggy - 13-01-2016

Nothing like the key "flick" of a new type fob lol

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Redordead89 - 13-01-2016

(13-01-2016, 04:42 PM)Piggy Wrote: Nothing like the key "flick" of a new type fob

Might be worth doing a guide on it piggy! Sure as fk most of my keys in recent years have been a bit crap!

RE: Switching to Newer Key - cully - 13-01-2016

fit an aftermarket locking kit and you can have any type of key you want
im currently running a flip key on my gti6

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and im running a peugeot ish std key on my daily Wink

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RE: Switching to Newer Key - Piggy - 13-01-2016

No WAY I'm taking that key apart to show how fiddly the bugger was lmao

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RE: Switching to Newer Key - Toms306 - 13-01-2016

Wait...you don't have working RCL on your HDi? Think that'd be one of the first things I'd fix!! lol

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Piggy - 13-01-2016

Locks dont freeze if well oiled too bud Smile

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Mattcheese31 - 13-01-2016

(13-01-2016, 06:12 PM)Piggy Wrote: Locks dont freeze if well oiled too bud

do not oil locks, graphite power or lube is what you need, I speak from working for a locksmith for a couple of years, oil attracts dirt and shit, will clog the mechanism up eventually Smile

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Piggy - 13-01-2016

Interesting... Good info.
Always oiled mine with 3in1

Not had a problem yet... But thats worrying!

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Toms306 - 13-01-2016

Don't need to lube locks these days with RCL... Wink

Until the battery dies anyway. lol

On the ph3 diablo I had back in 2010 it had one seized lock and one with half a blade stuck in it... That was fun when the RCL stopped working a week after buying it... Dodgy

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Piggy - 13-01-2016

True with 306s... But for instance the 206 petrol cap needs a key... As do some other, dare I say, non frenchies

RE: Switching to Newer Key - roland rat - 13-01-2016

(13-01-2016, 06:23 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 06:12 PM)Piggy Wrote: Locks dont freeze if well oiled too bud

do not oil locks, graphite power or lube is what you need, I speak from working for a locksmith for a couple of years, oil attracts dirt and shit, will clog the mechanism up eventually

Yeah they recommend you rub a pencil on the key and then insert it into barrel.Doing this a few times should lubricate the lock fine

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Toms306 - 13-01-2016

Late 306s have a key as well, as do a lot of earlier 00's stuff... Lot of hassle compared to the EasyFuel on the Focus. Tongue

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Piggy - 13-01-2016

Wow...never knew late 306s had a key fuel cap...never seen one.
The pencil/graphite idea is a good one

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Mattcheese31 - 13-01-2016

(13-01-2016, 07:22 PM)roland rat Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 06:23 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 06:12 PM)Piggy Wrote: Locks dont freeze if well oiled too bud

do not oil locks, graphite power or lube is what you need, I speak from working for a locksmith for a couple of years, oil attracts dirt and shit, will clog the mechanism up eventually

Yeah they recommend you rub a pencil on the key and then insert it into barrel.Doing this a few times should lubricate the lock fine

100% true fella, as we all know pencils are graphite and not lead like they were errrrrrr a long time ago Big Grin

. . . . . a pencil is what i use if i don't have any powder to hand, don't get me wrong, oil will free a seized lock but it will clog the mech in the end . . Smile

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Redordead89 - 13-01-2016

(13-01-2016, 08:02 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 07:22 PM)roland rat Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 06:23 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 06:12 PM)Piggy Wrote: Locks dont freeze if well oiled too bud

do not oil locks, graphite power or lube is what you need, I speak from working for a locksmith for a couple of years, oil attracts dirt and shit, will clog the mechanism up eventually

Yeah they recommend you rub a pencil on the key and then insert it into barrel.Doing this a few times should lubricate the lock fine

100% true fella, as we all know pencils are graphite and not lead like they were errrrrrr a long time ago . . . . . a pencil is what i use if i don't have any powder to hand, don't get me wrong, oil will free a seized lock but it will clog the mech in the end . .

+1 my bro is a locksmith and uses ambersil graphite spray powder! Great stuff for less than the price of 2 new batteries! ;-)

RE: Switching to Newer Key - Toms306 - 13-01-2016

(13-01-2016, 07:49 PM)Piggy Wrote: Wow...never knew late 306s had a key fuel cap...never seen one.
The pencil/graphite idea is a good one

Yep, Y reg onwards I believe, I've only ever had one daily with it. I hated it lol, but couldn't just swap it for a standard one as the filler neck is different.

RE: Switching to Newer Key - NiamHartbrock - 28-01-2021

(13-01-2016, 08:18 PM)Redordead89 Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 08:02 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 07:22 PM)roland rat Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 06:23 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 06:12 PM)Piggy Wrote: Locks dont freeze if well oiled too bud

do not oil locks, graphite power or lube is what you need, I speak from working for a locksmith for a couple of years, oil attracts dirt and shit, will clog the mechanism up eventually

Yeah they recommend you rub a pencil on the key and then insert it into barrel.Doing this a few times should lubricate the lock fine

100% true fella, as we all know pencils are graphite and not lead like they were errrrrrr a long time ago . . . . . a pencil is what i use if i don't have any powder to hand, don't get me wrong, oil will free a seized lock but it will clog the mech in the end . .

(13-01-2016, 08:02 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 07:22 PM)roland rat Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 06:23 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:
(13-01-2016, 06:12 PM)Piggy Wrote: Locks dont freeze if well oiled too bud

do not oil locks, graphite power or lube is what you need, I speak from working for a locksmith for a couple of years, oil attracts dirt and shit, will clog the mechanism up eventually

Yeah they recommend you rub a pencil on the key and then insert it into barrel.Doing this a few times should lubricate the lock fine

100% true fella, as we all know pencils are graphite and not lead like they were errrrrrr a long time ago . . . . . a pencil is what i use if i don't have any powder to hand, don't get me wrong, oil will free a seized lock but it will clog the mech in the end . .

+1 my bro is a locksmith and uses ambersil graphite spray powder! Great stuff for less than the price of 2 new batteries! ;-)

I agree with you, i also have asked locksmith fulham near me about it and they also suggested me to use ambersil graphite spray powder.