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1 Ford Flip Key
 
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1 Blank cut to your current key
 
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Split the plastic part of the key to pieces but you can drift out the pin without doing so. (If you half unfold the key you will see the blade retaining pin. This can be knocked out using a small drift.) That is how Ford fit the blade to the key in the first place.  
 
Split the plastic part of the key to pieces but you can drift out the pin without doing so. (If you half unfold the key you will see the blade retaining pin. This can be knocked out using a small drift.) That is how Ford fit the blade to the key in the first place.  
  
Take your new Ford key (I got a non-pats key cut especially for this, it cost around £10 and I think it was a "Curtis" blank. A non-PATS torch key would also do - but obviously don't buy the Torch bit.  
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Take your new blank key and remove all of the plastic, we are only after the blade shank.
  
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Re-profile the end of the new key shank so it's the same as the shank that you have removed. You may need to slim down the sides of the shank so it will fit. One in place refit the pin that you took out earlier, if you are having problems you can use super glue to hold the blade in as well.
  
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Now we need to remove the "old" pats chip as this is no longer required. Once this is out, we need to make space for the "new" pats chip. If you look on the other half of the plastic part you see where you can put the chip, you will need to cut/remove the webs to make space for the chip.
  
Once you have removed the pin the blade can be pulled out of the chrome part.
 
  
Take a junior hacksaw, and cut the plastic part of the key away to release the brass blade out of the new Ford key.
 
  
File the new blade to make the fittings match the Jag key. I had to file the edges where is fits into the diamond section. Make sure the blades are the same length, if not file the end that goes into the key body until they are the same length. Compare the two blades and file the groove that the retaining pin locates in onto the new blade.
 
  
Fit the new blade into the chrome section, and replace the retaining pin. If you have filed the groove in the correct place the blade will be a tight fit; if you weren't as precise, you could use some superglue.
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==Work in Progress==
 
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Revision as of 13:37, 27 January 2009

How to use the Ford Flip Key meant for the Mk4 Mondeo on your Late Mk2/Mk3 Mondeo.

Items Needed

1 Ford Flip Key 1 Blank cut to your current key 1 Replacement pats chip


Method

Separate remote part from folding part of key.

Split the plastic part of the key to pieces but you can drift out the pin without doing so. (If you half unfold the key you will see the blade retaining pin. This can be knocked out using a small drift.) That is how Ford fit the blade to the key in the first place.

Take your new blank key and remove all of the plastic, we are only after the blade shank.

Re-profile the end of the new key shank so it's the same as the shank that you have removed. You may need to slim down the sides of the shank so it will fit. One in place refit the pin that you took out earlier, if you are having problems you can use super glue to hold the blade in as well.

Now we need to remove the "old" pats chip as this is no longer required. Once this is out, we need to make space for the "new" pats chip. If you look on the other half of the plastic part you see where you can put the chip, you will need to cut/remove the webs to make space for the chip.



Work in Progress