mako
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Jun 29, 2006 16:13:13 GMT
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Slightly OT, but I have a problem and this time it's not my fault. Maybe you guys could help?
My old man has lost his remote-keys for the 10-year old Serpi-Star ND14 (nowdays called Gemel) car alarm in his car. I've talked to the finnish representative of Gemel and they said the particular remote controls of this model are not available anymore, not even from the factory.
My question to you gentlemen is, is there a shop/breaker/person in the UK/on Earth that sells old or used car alarms of whom I could ask about a single or a pair of these particular keys?
Any info would be much appreciated.
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'77 Datsun 100A, '79 Mitsubishi Sapporo 2000 GSR
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Jun 29, 2006 17:14:20 GMT
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Eeesh. Car alarms are a pain in the ass when they get old! I've never come across a firm dealing with 2nd hand alarm parts . There may be one out there though, who knows? Good luck with it
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Jun 29, 2006 18:49:38 GMT
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Jun 29, 2006 21:30:38 GMT
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:)Alarms are a right pain...the best thing I ever did to my wife's Felicia was remove the fecking alarm. It'd go off in the middle of the night, or even when you were driving along,and no-one took any notice anyway! Also the inbuilt immobiliser was immobilising us as well as any thieves, so I ripped the lot out and lobbed it in the bin! ;D
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mako
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Thanks, but no use to me. The thing is that Serpi Star has made 3 different remotes of wich 2 are still available. Ofcourse my dad's 12 year old w202 diesel-train's alarm is the one with the unavailable one. I'd rip the alarm off but it functions as a remote central lock as well, wich is nice.
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Last Edit: Jun 30, 2006 5:42:20 GMT by mako
'77 Datsun 100A, '79 Mitsubishi Sapporo 2000 GSR
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if you're not too fussed about the alarm side of things, then a remote central locking kit is mega-cheap if you've already got the lock motors....
I've got the same hassle with the GTE - it's alarmed but it's got a Centurion alarm, no docs, seems to have ultrasonics on a cabrio so it goes off at random.... daren't arm it and leave the car so it's just useless. if i could track Centurion down and find out how to disable the ultrasonics that'd be better than nothing.
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Never trust a man Who names himself Trevor. Or one day you might find He's not a real drug dealer.
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mako
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hmmm... but shouldn't it be easy for a pro to recode almost any remote-unit to work with a given alarm as long as the type of signal-or-what-ever used is the same (UHF/VHF/WTF/FTW)?
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'77 Datsun 100A, '79 Mitsubishi Sapporo 2000 GSR
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that's what i was thinking actually, but didn't mention it as i would assume it'd be a common thing to do if it was possible - recode a Toad keyfob to work a Clifford alarm or something.
I assume that each manufacturer has a special code that is transferred which is hardwired into the remote before the 'rolling' code which is the reprogramable bit, so that their keyfobs only work their alarms. Since the code is likely to be a rolling one instead of a static one, any method of 'grabbing' this from the transmitter (if you had one!) would fail.
you'd need the exact details of what is transmitted from the keyfob when you pressed it and even if the manufacturer was still around, they're very unlikely to part with that information.
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Never trust a man Who names himself Trevor. Or one day you might find He's not a real drug dealer.
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