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max and caddy wrote:it called a carbide burr...

Cheers.

You have to cut and shape the upper and lower housing. I used the carbide burr and a junior hacksaw. No way will it fit without doing it. Well worth the effort in my opinion.

Good job, might well borrow that off you in the coming weeks.
stupid question time then, if i wanted a couple spare keys with the chip in it, i presume i need to take my key out of the loom and into a shop, or is there another way of doing it without needing to take the key out?

you have to trim the plastic housings as they are normally a close fit on the barrel same as Andy's done but his sensor seems to be a bit bulkier than Tom's, guess they vary depending on source

syncroandy wrote:
As already said, you could get a flip-key with a profile N blade, though check there's enough space between the lock and back of steering wheel. eg.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/flip-KEY-blade- ... 4f&vxp=mtr

no problem with the space on mine, it has the power steering size wheel
the fob needs to be trimmed slightly to allow for the odd shape of the flip key because it does not have a flat end like all other flips

lloydy wrote: stupid question time then, if i wanted a couple spare keys with the chip in it, i presume i need to take my key out of the loom and into a shop, or is there another way of doing it without needing to take the key out?

ring round a few places first, I had quotes from £15-£50 to chip a spare key

Thought i'd sort this immob issue, as, as mentioned earlier its good to have a modern way of immobilising the van.
fitted ring around ignition barrel

Then thought i'd pop down the road and get a key made up with the chip in it......... Not that easy apparently, as our key is a N profile and is not a off the shelf thing to have as a chipped key
So i've ordered two N profile blank blades that will fit into the flip key pictured by busbuddy above.
In the meantime i didn't really want to be holding a second key next to the barrel every time i started the engine. So i cut up my ignition key, heated and removed the key blade from the donor and fitted mine into it.

All works, and will be a good spare for when i get the flip key made

N profile flip key blades arrived today

Where from Lloydy...

Germany
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280547182888? ... 1438.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

nice one...will you let me know how you get on as the ones ive tried dont fit in my barrels...

its a good solution and better than a glued key.

Ok! Prepare to be amazed!
flip key blade and chip

you have to knock out the roll pin to remove the blank blade that is already fitted

N blade cut to profile, blank blade and roll pin

then its just a matter of fitting roll pin back in with your key

Next the immobiliser chip, split the flip unit in half

you can see the hole for the chip here

chip fitted, this is a bit loose due to being a older style chip. I pushed a bit of blue tack into the hole to keep it in place

And yes it does fit my barrel and clears the steering wheel!!


Total cost for it was;
blade £15
flip unit with coded chip £19
so £34 all in, not too bad really

Awsome.
Now waiting for the next stage, when you make the buttons on the flip key actually do something.

If i was to say remote control for eberspacher.........
still in pipe dream stage at the moment

Get yourself some central locking lloyd. I put it on mine ages ago and its brilliant. ive only got the front doors and the slider on the key fob at the mo, but plan to link the tailgate in at some point.

I just used one of those kits you see on ebay, it was cheap and has so far been very reliable. Only downside i've found is that my door locks have seized up because i never use them anymore.

Linky Linky? I have factory c locking but it's never worked. Would be nice to have a blipper

E D I T.. found them, right click seems to be the best one and comes with a flip key. Now i might well have to get one