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Flip Key Reference

Notes

Buy a used X- or S- type folding key from eBay. Make sure it is the European version as the US version uses different frequencies and will not work.

Oh, and the button on the Jag key which has a lamp signal is actually a panic button on the Mondeo.

Method

Separate remote part from folding part of key.

You now need to open up the plastic part of the folding end. It will not want to open, and you WILL need to glue it back together. I used needle nose pliers to fordce it open. - WATCH OUT FOR WHERE THE SPRING GOES!! you don't want to loose it.

You will now have two plastic pieces, one of which has the PATS transmitter in it. You will have a spring (to make the key open) and a chrome growler button. You will also have a chrome elipse, with the brass key blade fitted to it - this is the part we need to work on.

Take the key blade part, and place it over the open section of a pair of pliers. Using something strong, small and pointed, knock out the retaining pin. Once out, the key blade should just pop out.

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. Other keys may work, but I don't know - though the Ford "Credit Card Emergency Spare" keys will not work.

Take a junior hacksaw, and cut the brass blade out of the new Ford key.

Trim the new blade to make the fittings match the Jag key. I had to trim the edges where is fits into the diamond section, and then cut a notch out for the retaining pin. Make sure the key blades are the same length - the Curtis one I used was slightly longer, so I had to modify the remote section to make it fit. What I should have done was just trimmed the (fitting) end very slightly.

Fit the new blade into the chrome section, and replace the retaining pin. I also used some superglue, just to be on the safe side.

Once the glue has dried, reassemble the folding section of the key. You will need superglue, but be careful not to glue the chrome section in place, or else it won't turn! Also be careful refitting the spring. This part is easier than it sounds.

Once the superglue has dried, put the remote section back onto the key section. Don't do this too soon, or it may end up glued on, and you won't be able to replace the batteries when the eventually go flat.

Enjoy walking into bars, and pretending you have a Jag, while knowing you weren't foolish enough to pay a premium for a smaller car with a posh badge, and besides, as you inevitably bought your Mondeo used, someone else took the crippling depreciation!

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