Ever seen inside a Ford PATS key?
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Ever seen inside a Ford PATS key?
Neither had I until now. A friend in the body shop business had a F150 in for minor body repair, his landlords I might add 
. This friend has a wood stove in his office and had carelessly placed the keys to said truck on top of the cold stove. Next day he cranked up the wood stove, forgetting to move the keys. A hot plastic smell caused him to investigate the source of the odor ........ the F150 keys 
. Not being well versed in Fords he called me asking why he couldn't get the truck to crank 
. I rescued the chip from the melted blob of plastic he had scraped off onto the floor but to no avail. I guess the chip overheated and went FUBAR. Hopefully when the owner gets back in town he'll have spare keys.......... I figured this would make a good show-and-tell!
. This friend has a wood stove in his office and had carelessly placed the keys to said truck on top of the cold stove. Next day he cranked up the wood stove, forgetting to move the keys. A hot plastic smell caused him to investigate the source of the odor ........ the F150 keys . Not being well versed in Fords he called me asking why he couldn't get the truck to crank . I rescued the chip from the melted blob of plastic he had scraped off onto the floor but to no avail. I guess the chip overheated and went FUBAR. Hopefully when the owner gets back in town he'll have spare keys.......... I figured this would make a good show-and-tell!
Thanks!
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From: Original 1776 Washington
Them keys are expensive. Like 35-40 bucks for a key if you have 2 programed keys already, but if you only have 1 key & want another it will be round 80 bucks. (It takes 2 keys to program a 3rd)
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