ridgyman
Member Since: 01 Feb 2013
Location: perth
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A few weeks back I was in the Cairngorms and miles from a garage when my Key fob failed. managed to get in using the emergency entry method and got home. A new key from Landrover is to be £207 plus £50 to reprog the spare one!!
I bought a blank fob and key and a new battery for £11 and a soldering iron for £20, all from e bay.
Today, I hacksawed around the joint on the fob and prised the two halves open. Removing the key and its bits and the electrical board, I then desoldered the battery, soldered on the new one, tested it - ok.. Popped the gubbins into the new blank and superglued it together!! Brand new ish.... Saved £196!! and only took about an hour to do.
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22nd Sep 2013 5:05 pm |
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Biffysun
Member Since: 09 Jul 2011
Location: Central
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Well done and Welcome! Why not post up the links and any pics for others, think this has been done here before but a very useful first post!
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22nd Sep 2013 5:22 pm |
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Bigcol66
Member Since: 28 Jul 2010
Location: Welshpool, Powys
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Was that for a D4 or D3?
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22nd Sep 2013 8:23 pm |
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Bakuboy
Member Since: 01 Jul 2013
Location: South West
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Brilliant thanks, will try it
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29th Sep 2013 9:17 am |
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Peter1960
Member Since: 03 Oct 2013
Location: Ramsey
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had a key fob which held charge for less than a day and was advised by garage to replace rechargeable battery or buy new fob. I noticed that the metal section of the key was dirty, a quick clean with meths and a toothbruch and its working again 100%. Suspect a dirty key can't pull full charge when in the ignition - well work checking before going to the trouble of rebuilding a fob
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3rd Oct 2013 9:20 am |
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JimmyP
Member Since: 26 Jul 2013
Location: Walsall
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Simonw007 has put a great guide together here - http://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/albums/us...20Case.pdf . I followed it at the weekend to swap the guts of my original fob over to a new Ebay £15 special and it works a treat.
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3rd Oct 2013 10:41 am |
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highlands
Member Since: 11 Jan 2010
Location: NW Highlands
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Peter1960 wrote:Suspect a dirty key can't pull full charge when in the ignition - well work checking before going to the trouble of rebuilding a fob
The key blade is entirely isolated from the charging circuits - it doesn't 'pull charge' at all.
The only way it could make a difference is if it's acting as an inductor core but doesn't seem that likely.
Good that your key works now though and always wise to have a clean blade anyway. Black 05 TDV6 HSE Auto
Grey 05 TDV6 HSE Auto (Gone)
54 TDV6 SE Man (killed by me )
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3rd Oct 2013 2:56 pm |
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jakedogmy
Member Since: 03 Nov 2013
Location: Blackpool
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Frank @ Attend a lock, Blackpool will supply and programme a replacement fob for app £40 as far as i am aware
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11th Nov 2013 12:26 am |
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Mark-Joppa
Member Since: 27 Aug 2014
Location: Edinburgh
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Peter1960 wrote:had a key fob which held charge for less than a day and was advised by garage to replace rechargeable battery or buy new fob. I noticed that the metal section of the key was dirty, a quick clean with meths and a toothbruch and its working again 100%. Suspect a dirty key can't pull full charge when in the ignition - well work checking before going to the trouble of rebuilding a fob
Just joined this forum due to having a few probs with my disco 3.Will be trying the key clean method before going down the cut the key route.
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27th Aug 2014 2:39 pm |
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Ccomeinhandy
Member Since: 05 Nov 2014
Location: Hants
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I just changed the battery in my freelander2 fob, which fixed it. It is very similar to the disco ones. Both use the same rechargeable battery that become knackered. I made a video here
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5th Nov 2014 12:36 pm |
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oldstout
Member Since: 03 Apr 2016
Location: North East England
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Great tutorial that. Before learning of the three green/white wire fix I ordered two blank key fobs from ebay for £8 in case it was new battery time. What a con trick by LR making these keys this way then charging hundreds for a new key and 'programming'
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21st Apr 2016 2:13 pm |
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DodgyEPB
Member Since: 24 Jul 2016
Location: London, UK
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JimmyP wrote:Simonw007 has put a great guide together here - http://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/albums/us...20Case.pdf . I followed it at the weekend to swap the guts of my original fob over to a new Ebay £15 special and it works a treat. ![Thumbs Up Thumbs Up](images/smiles/icon_thumbs.gif)
Cheers for the link buddy
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25th Jul 2016 12:53 am |
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