Key replacement
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Melting Slicks
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Key replacement
Ok I have an 86 and the vats is disabled. I went to my local hardware store too get a copy made and after explaining I have the chip disabled and just wanted a normal copy. The kid made me a copy and it didn't work, but neither did the, door key or house key he made for me, so he's just a moron. But before I go to another place I thought I'd ask because I was pretty sure you could get a normal copy with it disabled.
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Ok I have an 86 and the vats is disabled. I went to my local hardware store too get a copy made and after explaining I have the chip disabled and just wanted a normal copy. The kid made me a copy and it didn't work, but neither did the, door key or house key he made for me, so he's just a moron. But before I go to another place I thought I'd ask because I was pretty sure you could get a normal copy with it disabled.
If you went to a locksmith you could ask him to do it on a "work-key" first to confirm that it's going to work.
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Melting Slicks
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It didn't turn and when I told him he thought maybe it was because it needed the pellet for some tumbler or something. I often want some odd/unusual part and have too explain myself. Most people can't grasp what I'm trying too do and I try too keep it simple and not argue or you can waste a lot of time and still not get what you want. I mostly walk off and they think I'm crazy, I'll go someplace else and get what I want.
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It didn't turn and when I told him he thought maybe it was because it needed the pellet for some tumbler or something. I often want some odd/unusual part and have too explain myself. Most people can't grasp what I'm trying too do and I try too keep it simple and not argue or you can waste a lot of time and still not get what you want. I mostly walk off and they think I'm crazy, I'll go someplace else and get what I want.
Last edited by WW7; May 6, 2014 at 09:47 AM.
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Melting Slicks
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Ok I bought a $8.00 key off ebay and I just took it today too another hardware store. Ace was the first store I went to with the dumb kid and this was a Gill-Roy's. They had chip keys in stock for $20 and they had chip-less keys that would work for $1.79. I had him show me the keys and you could see the chip-less key was about 1/16" shorter from the key-head. So when I got home I put my orig key in the ignition and you can see it had about 1/16" of silver metal showing and those chip-less keys would work. For $1.79 I should have gotten one made just too make sure, I just was in a hurry and picking up another stuff.
Basically if they can't make you a chip-less copy, go someplace else!
Basically if they can't make you a chip-less copy, go someplace else!
