Josh-the-Locksmith
25 Years Experience
Austin, TX
Male, 46
I've been a locksmith since 1998. I did automotive residential & commercial work from 1998 to 2008. From 2008 to 2018, I did some residential, but mostly commercial work. I have been project managing & estimating since 2018. I used to locksmith in the Chicago area, now the Austin area.
Take some wood shims, or cut some little pieces of wood, or some wood toothpicks and put them in the screw holes. Then put the screws back in. That should allow you to tighten up your screws.
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Well I haven’t had to answer the phone in over 10 years, but yes, we would get some weird random requests now & then. Seems like they just didn’t pay attention to who they were calling. One time I received a call around midnight from a girl locked out of her car at a hotel. When I told her how much it would be, since she didn’t ask & I didn’t want her to be surprised, she was shocked to find out that we charged for our service, & canceled. ???????????????
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Sounds like it needs to be reset. Either it needs to be repaired, which is doubtful unless it was abused, or the combination was improperly set to begin with.
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My uncle is a locksmith. He was looking for part time help, & I was looking for a job change. I really had no interest in it otherwise. I was 20. 22 years later, here I am.
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Check you manual for a key code written in by the dealer or a previous owner. It’s rare, but it happens. Then I would get a price from a few local locksmiths & the Ford dealer. You can probably get an operating key. If you’re concerned about price, you might have to put the remote on the back burner.
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Sorry I’m not familiar with either of those terms in reference to key machines. Maybe it’s used on a type of key cutting machine I’ve never used before. ¯\_(?)_/¯
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Why would someone want to do that unless they planned to steal your car? And they would also have to program the key unless your car doesn’t have a chip in it, but most do these days. That sounds very unlikely. That’s a lot of trouble to go through when they could just break a window if they were just looking to steal misc items in the car. Technically yes your remote would still work if you had superglue in your cylinders. If you ever plan on selling the car, I would highly advise against that tactic though. You might be better off going to a locksmith & asking him to break some keys off in your doors. At least that way you could get them pulled back out down the road & reuse your locks.
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