Disassembled stock and new S2000 key, pictures
08-03-2001, 11:24 AM
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Rick,
thanks for pioneering the transplant procedure!
Has anyone else done this yet? How did it go? Any suggestions or alternate ways to do this?
I've liberated the immobilizer chip from my valet key, and had the new key successfully cut. I'm ready to cut the hole in the new key... I'm thinking I could do a neater job using a drill press and two appropriately sized bits, then clean up with a dremel as necessary.
Are there drill bits that could handle drilling through the new key?
Ted
thanks for pioneering the transplant procedure!
Has anyone else done this yet? How did it go? Any suggestions or alternate ways to do this?
I've liberated the immobilizer chip from my valet key, and had the new key successfully cut. I'm ready to cut the hole in the new key... I'm thinking I could do a neater job using a drill press and two appropriately sized bits, then clean up with a dremel as necessary.
Are there drill bits that could handle drilling through the new key?
Ted
08-03-2001, 11:32 AM
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I did mine a couple of days ago with no problems at all. The only thing I did differently is I cut the plastic out in a U shape under the silver part of the new key to allow the chip to set in the hole better.
I tried to take a picture, but my digital camera was being fussy.
I edited a picture from above. The white line is where I cut the plastic out.
I tried to take a picture, but my digital camera was being fussy.
I edited a picture from above. The white line is where I cut the plastic out.
08-03-2001, 09:40 PM
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Originally posted by Tedster
Any suggestions or alternate ways to do this?
I'm thinking I could do a neater job using a drill press and two appropriately sized bits, then clean up with a dremel as necessary.
Are there drill bits that could handle drilling through the new key?
Any suggestions or alternate ways to do this?
I'm thinking I could do a neater job using a drill press and two appropriately sized bits, then clean up with a dremel as necessary.
Are there drill bits that could handle drilling through the new key?
keys are pretty soft metal, high-speed drill bits work fine. I enlarged the existing hole with one bit, and drilled a second hole below it with a smaller bit. Then it only took a few minutes with the dremel to join the two holes, enlarge to fit the immobilizer, and clean it up. Masking tape on all the visible surfaces, a drill press, vice grips, and a table vice make everything much easier. I wound up sanding the immobilizer a bit to make it thinner, so the clamshells would fit.
02-24-2003, 06:41 PM
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04-03-2003, 12:44 PM
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I've restored all the photos top. Are you sure you want to go through all of this trouble? My JDM keys look like total crap now --the head is all scratched and banged up. Even Japanese owners don't buy these things. That's why we developed the S key badges -- they're a more durable, better-looking, customizable, and far less expensive solution to a bland key.
