Hi, Guest
06-27-2012, 02:07 AM
Or if you are friends with the dealer (small town Saskatchewan) then all I paid for was the PAT key. When we built the SVT-WGN, the ignition key fit the locks and steering column. But the SVT ECM (computer) did not recognize the chip, so the car would not start. We were seriously considering changing all the locks and steering column tumbler, etc. to make things work. Then the builder of the other SVT-WGN (also with identical vanity plates, except in California) gave us a tip. Swap the transponder chip inside the key. We did and the car started.
With one key, we went down to our dealer, bought a Fort PAT key, cut it to match and then used their laptop (as described earlier) to obtain our second key (cost was about $50 including the key). The third key we did ourselves using those first two (EBay PAT key cost us $20; instructions are on Page 126 of the owner's manual).
My next little project is to cut one side of a PAT key for the Focus (SVT-WGN) and the other side for the Taurus. It is the ECM that recognizes the PAT key transponder chip, so inserted one way it should start the Focus; inserted the other way it should start the Taurus. I did this many moons ago when we owned a 1981 Ford Escort SS wagon and a 1986 Aerostar van. With a little notch filed into one side of the key (so I could identify which way to insert it in the dark; V for van), it unlocked and worked in both vehicles, and surprisingly the Escort must have had its tumblers on the opposite side of the Aerostar, because the key orientation was exactly the same). Saved carrying two sets of keys. I do know the remotes work on two separate vehicles, and I am pretty sure the PAT key will as well.
With one key, we went down to our dealer, bought a Fort PAT key, cut it to match and then used their laptop (as described earlier) to obtain our second key (cost was about $50 including the key). The third key we did ourselves using those first two (EBay PAT key cost us $20; instructions are on Page 126 of the owner's manual).
My next little project is to cut one side of a PAT key for the Focus (SVT-WGN) and the other side for the Taurus. It is the ECM that recognizes the PAT key transponder chip, so inserted one way it should start the Focus; inserted the other way it should start the Taurus. I did this many moons ago when we owned a 1981 Ford Escort SS wagon and a 1986 Aerostar van. With a little notch filed into one side of the key (so I could identify which way to insert it in the dark; V for van), it unlocked and worked in both vehicles, and surprisingly the Escort must have had its tumblers on the opposite side of the Aerostar, because the key orientation was exactly the same). Saved carrying two sets of keys. I do know the remotes work on two separate vehicles, and I am pretty sure the PAT key will as well.