ridgyman
Member Since: 01 Feb 2013
Location: perth
Posts: 1
|
A few weeks back I was in the Cairngorms and miles from a garage when my Key fob failed. managed to get in using the emergency entry method and got home. A new key from Landrover is to be £207 plus £50 to reprog the spare one!! 
I bought a blank fob and key and a new battery for £11 and a soldering iron for £20, all from e bay.
Today, I hacksawed around the joint on the fob and prised the two halves open. Removing the key and its bits and the electrical board, I then desoldered the battery, soldered on the new one, tested it - ok.. Popped the gubbins into the new blank and superglued it together!! Brand new ish.... Saved £196!! and only took about an hour to do.
|
 22nd Sep 2013 4:05 pm |
|
|
Biffysun
Member Since: 09 Jul 2011
Location: Central
Posts: 1790
 
|
Well done  and Welcome!  Why not post up the links and any pics for others, think this has been done here before but a very useful first post! 
|
| 22nd Sep 2013 4:22 pm |
|
|
|
|
Bigcol66
Member Since: 28 Jul 2010
Location: Welshpool, Powys
Posts: 775
|
Was that for a D4 or D3?
|
| 22nd Sep 2013 7:23 pm |
|
|
|
|
Bakuboy
Member Since: 01 Jul 2013
Location: South West
Posts: 31
  
|
Brilliant thanks, will try it
|
| 29th Sep 2013 8:17 am |
|
|
Peter1960
Member Since: 03 Oct 2013
Location: Ramsey
Posts: 1
 
|
had a key fob which held charge for less than a day and was advised by garage to replace rechargeable battery or buy new fob. I noticed that the metal section of the key was dirty, a quick clean with meths and a toothbruch and its working again 100%. Suspect a dirty key can't pull full charge when in the ignition - well work checking before going to the trouble of rebuilding a fob
|
| 3rd Oct 2013 8:20 am |
|
|
JimmyP
Member Since: 26 Jul 2013
Location: Walsall
Posts: 218
 
|
Simonw007 has put a great guide together here - http://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/albums/us...20Case.pdf . I followed it at the weekend to swap the guts of my original fob over to a new Ebay £15 special and it works a treat.
|
| 3rd Oct 2013 9:41 am |
|
|
highlands
Member Since: 10 Jan 2010
Location: NW Highlands
Posts: 5102
 
|
Peter1960 wrote:Suspect a dirty key can't pull full charge when in the ignition - well work checking before going to the trouble of rebuilding a fob
The key blade is entirely isolated from the charging circuits - it doesn't 'pull charge' at all.
The only way it could make a difference is if it's acting as an inductor core but doesn't seem that likely.
Good that your key works now though and always wise to have a clean blade anyway. Black 05 TDV6 HSE Auto
Grey 05 TDV6 HSE Auto (Gone)
54 TDV6 SE Man (killed by me  )
|
| 3rd Oct 2013 1:56 pm |
|
|
jakedogmy
Member Since: 03 Nov 2013
Location: Blackpool
Posts: 6
|
Frank @ Attend a lock, Blackpool will supply and programme a replacement fob for app £40 as far as i am aware
|
| 10th Nov 2013 11:26 pm |
|
|
Mark-Joppa
Member Since: 27 Aug 2014
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 3
|
Peter1960 wrote:had a key fob which held charge for less than a day and was advised by garage to replace rechargeable battery or buy new fob. I noticed that the metal section of the key was dirty, a quick clean with meths and a toothbruch and its working again 100%. Suspect a dirty key can't pull full charge when in the ignition - well work checking before going to the trouble of rebuilding a fob
Just joined this forum due to having a few probs with my disco 3.Will be trying the key clean method before going down the cut the key route.
|
| 27th Aug 2014 1:39 pm |
|
|
Ccomeinhandy
Member Since: 05 Nov 2014
Location: Hants
Posts: 1
|
I just changed the battery in my freelander2 fob, which fixed it. It is very similar to the disco ones. Both use the same rechargeable battery that become knackered. I made a video here
|
| 5th Nov 2014 11:36 am |
|
|
oldstout
Member Since: 03 Apr 2016
Location: North East England
Posts: 247
|
Great tutorial that. Before learning of the three green/white wire fix I ordered two blank key fobs from ebay for £8 in case it was new battery time. What a con trick by LR making these keys this way then charging hundreds for a new key and 'programming' 
|
| 21st Apr 2016 1:13 pm |
|
|
DodgyEPB
Member Since: 24 Jul 2016
Location: London, UK
Posts: 3
|
JimmyP wrote:Simonw007 has put a great guide together here - http://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/albums/us...20Case.pdf . I followed it at the weekend to swap the guts of my original fob over to a new Ebay £15 special and it works a treat.
Cheers for the link buddy
|
| 24th Jul 2016 11:53 pm |
|
|
