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Feb 2, 2014 | 10:44 PM

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r2millers

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Originally Posted by Mark62

Does the plain metal key work if you are not carrying a Pats key?

Nope. It will not start the engine, just turn it over if cut to cylinder.

Feb 3, 2014 | 06:57 AM

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Nope. It will not start the engine, just turn it over if cut to cylinder.

That is how it is expected to work, but the question was specifically asked of "teamlx88" and HIS particular truck.

Feb 3, 2014 | 10:41 AM

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r2millers

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Originally Posted by projectSHO89

That is how it is expected to work, but the question was specifically asked of "teamlx88" and HIS particular truck.

Sometimes that obvious, just flew over my head.
Thx.

Feb 3, 2014 | 02:15 PM

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teamlx88

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Yes the plain metal key will start the truck by itself. I thought there was a PATS key hidden somewhere but I now think someone messed the anti theft up good. My alarm doesn't work and the theft light on the dash doesn't blink either. Unless I remove the ground wire from the radiator support on the drivers side. Then it works, but something buzzes in the under hood fuse box so I can't leave it that way

Feb 3, 2014 | 11:41 PM

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So if I'm following this correctly, I can get a couple of cheapo keys cut and it'll start my truck just fine if I attach the one remaining chipped key I have to the lock cylinder? How close does the $100 key have to be to the lock for this to work? Guess how excited I am to spend $100+ for a new key?

Thanks for the help!

Curt

Feb 4, 2014 | 07:56 AM

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I pull the transceiver ring off the housing, put the key inside the loop and secure it in place, then secure the whole thing out of sight away from the cylinder.