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Just Another Corsa Fan
If anyone is interested these are a few pictures of the project to
rebuild a Corsa keyfob. Total cost was £18.50 and importantly NO
PROGRAMMING AT ALL WAS NEEDED.
The original fob had demised in true Corsa fashion. In the picture you
can see the perished rubber and the switches after they were removed
from the pcb.
A fob was obtained from ebay which as it was listed as "brand new" I
went to £16 +£2.10 postage for.
When the fob got here it didn't work! Suitable feedback about yet
another ebay rip off artist left but
decided to carry on and try to rebuild key as the body of the
replacement and its buttons did indeed
seem as new. I suspect that it was faulty and was replaced by Vauxhall
and the faulty one stuck on ebay.
With the fob opened up the bit I was dreading. Could I get the old push
button switches off or not?
To my suprise, a quick dab with a VERY SMALL soldering iron at each end
of the switch and they fell off!
Removing the new ones from their pcb was just as easy and went on the
old pcb no problem.
Put it all back together using the new rubber housing and fingers
crossed X! IT WORKED PERFECTLY!
The equivalent of a brand new keyfob for just £18.50 with no
programming at all needed.
I'd only advise trying this if you are experienced with surface mount
soldering or have nothing to lose. I.e. don't blame me if you **** it
up...
Pictures:-
1 shows the fob in bits after the butons removed the arrows point to
the switch solder pads on the pcb
http://members.aol.com/smellyfartybum/1.jpg
2 shows the perished switches after removal from the pcb
http://members.aol.com/smellyfartybum/2.jpg
3 show my fingers holding a switch. You can just make out the sm solder
connector.
http://members.aol.com/smellyfartybum/3.jpg
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rebuild a Corsa keyfob. Total cost was £18.50 and importantly NO
PROGRAMMING AT ALL WAS NEEDED.
The original fob had demised in true Corsa fashion. In the picture you
can see the perished rubber and the switches after they were removed
from the pcb.
A fob was obtained from ebay which as it was listed as "brand new" I
went to £16 +£2.10 postage for.
When the fob got here it didn't work! Suitable feedback about yet
another ebay rip off artist left but
decided to carry on and try to rebuild key as the body of the
replacement and its buttons did indeed
seem as new. I suspect that it was faulty and was replaced by Vauxhall
and the faulty one stuck on ebay.
With the fob opened up the bit I was dreading. Could I get the old push
button switches off or not?
To my suprise, a quick dab with a VERY SMALL soldering iron at each end
of the switch and they fell off!
Removing the new ones from their pcb was just as easy and went on the
old pcb no problem.
Put it all back together using the new rubber housing and fingers
crossed X! IT WORKED PERFECTLY!
The equivalent of a brand new keyfob for just £18.50 with no
programming at all needed.
I'd only advise trying this if you are experienced with surface mount
soldering or have nothing to lose. I.e. don't blame me if you **** it
up...
Pictures:-
1 shows the fob in bits after the butons removed the arrows point to
the switch solder pads on the pcb
http://members.aol.com/smellyfartybum/1.jpg
2 shows the perished switches after removal from the pcb
http://members.aol.com/smellyfartybum/2.jpg
3 show my fingers holding a switch. You can just make out the sm solder
connector.
http://members.aol.com/smellyfartybum/3.jpg
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