On 22/12/2020 11:10, newshound wrote:
On 22/12/2020 10:53, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


Most common reason here for a remote to stop working (other than the
battery) is the switches. 'Tactile' types, and easily replaced. New cases
can be bought for most on Ebay.

+1

£10 to £25 for Jaguar clones on eBay. Never bought a Jag one but the
ones that I have for other cars have been indistinguishable to my eye.

As I pointed out, that was not the problem. No power was getting to any
of it at all. It wouldn't even start the car by proximity..I tried
bending the battery connector which is a very common fault, but to no
avail. And the switches on this one are real micro switches.

Given fine tipped test probes, an RF detector, desoldering tool ,
illuminated magnifying setup and a smaller tipped soldering iron than I
have..I am sure that I could have fixed it. But the cost of all that
would have exceeded marshals most inflated quote.


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