I had two UM.... Ford trucks a 73 p/u and an 84 Bronco the key was basically the same for both of them. I could start either one with the same key.

 

When I was younger I used to lock my keys inside my 86 Tercel pretty often. I put a magnetic box underneath. It fell off. Then once I did it and I was 200 miles from home at Sand Dunes Nat'l Monument. I tried th break a rear window with a rock without success. A park ranger showed up and asked if it was my car. He had a slim jim which saved me.

From that i learned how to jimmy it with a long slim serrated knife from the restraunt I worked at. I had to do it once on my truck, its not difficult with a coat hangar or other improvised tool either.

My memory is much better now and I haven't done it in a couple years.

As the locks on older Toyotas wear down due to some soft metal they used in there, almost any shaved key blank will open and start the vehicle.

 

Dude - here's the company's website: http://www.supra-products.com/vertic...rchaseinfo.asp[/URL] . I've seen a couple of on-line retailers who carry this, but can't remember which ones. They were all charging about $35 though.
I've also been able to use other Toyota keys in my truck. One shop even returned someone else's key to me. Even though we found my key, which clipped into the other half of my key ring perfectly, the shop insisted that they gave me the right key - it must be the right one, it works doesn't it, we don't make mistakes, etc.

 

Most good installers will install a valet switch or over-ride button under the steering collum somewhere. Hit the botton and turn the key. The alarm should quiet down.

 

agreed

my car has a little button hidden somewhere where only i know.

turn the key to ON and hit the button.

 

Thanks for the info mtnfreak!

I had a coworker who once told me she and her dad went shopping in a mall and got disoriented.
They finally made it out to the parking lot and found their white Jeep Cherokee.
They disarmed the factory alarm, got in, started the engine, looked around and realized... "hey, this isn't our car!!!!"

They found their car a little later.

Apparently, there was some mess up with Jeep that year and a whole series of keys that were supposed to be mixed and jumbled ended up not happening.

 

i just have a spare key hidden up inside my frame rail where no one would look in a magnetic key box, it has saved me oncewhen i lost my keys and wallet snowmobiling.:rockband:

 

Hey Corey, could you PM me that too please.

I always carry 2 sets of keys and one time while on a camping trip in West Virginia, I locked both sets in my truck, had to call AAA and wait 2 hours before someone came and unlocked my door for me.

 

Personally I'd find that the sign of a bad installer...
what use is an alarm/immoboliser if it can be disabled by removing a fuse or pushing a button.
Most fuses and override switches aren't that hard to find either

Dave.

 

Hey Corey, could you PM me that too please.

 

yeah, me too!

 

Guy's just PM me, and I'll try and answer it before the weekend is over.

I already have a template made up with text as I have about 50 PMs already.

 

corey pm me plzzz..

the rear latch on my window, 1980 4x4, is broken so i can just slide the window open no problem

 

could you pm me as well? could've used something like this a couple times.