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School me! Stolen 2003, how to bypass PATS?

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2.7K views 5 replies 3 participants last post by  koolminx  
#1 ·
OK Have an 03 Exploder sport track (I know it's not an escape) same thing though... It was stolen, Ignition bashed to shit, keys missing, wires torn here and there, Column torn into.

How can I start this motor to get a general idea on how well it runs? It's to be a donor motor for another non stolen rig that's in great shape unlike the now totally thrashed ugly exploder sport.

Any suggestions? I have the ignition switch exposed but the theft light blinks and won't allow the ecm to allow a start.

I do have a computer with pats programming and the paid subscription, but no key, and the ignition ring is missing for the pats decoder...


Thanks folks!
 
#3 ·
Well damn I was hoping there was a shortcut just to get this motor to run but I guess it’s gonna be cheaper in the long run just to simply pull it and put it in the 06 with the working PATS, but the motor won’t start because it has jumped time terribly.

Just my luck lol thank you for your input
 
#4 ·
bro, they hotwired it and it ran… There must be a way to hotwire it. there is probably a YouTube or tiktok video on how to hotwire a Ford… They're stolen all the time.

The only other thing I could think of is at least doing a compression test on the cylinders… I don't know if that will work if it's that bad out of time, the valves may not be closed at top dead center on each cylinder, but you should get some sort of reading.
 
#6 ·
All I know is that it was stolen from the owner and he wants to truck back after I take the motor out but he doesn’t have the original key and they never have the original key so I don’t know how they stole it from his train yard they could’ve towed it or something