'97 ST202 immobiliser bypass?, (or, why you should always have a spare key) Options

[Scrapocaster]

Hello 6GC!

So, because I'm an idiot, I lost the only key to my UK-spec '97 GT a few months ago. To cut a long story short, I've managed to get a key that'll only unlock the car, but nobody is willing or able to make a key for it that'll start the car. I've got a locksmith working on it currently who made a new key and supposedly reprogrammed the ECU to work with it, but it makes no difference - both that key, and the blank non-chipped key I have, only start the car for a second before the immobiliser cuts the fuel and the car dies. Apparently, this particular immobiliser (fitted at the port before being delivered to the dealer in 1997) is notoriously hard to bypass, but I know it's been done. Toyota won't help anymore, though. So what's missing?

All the info I can find is 10+ year old forum threads, where anyone with info understandably did it through PM, so I've got nothing. I'm desperate to be able to drive it again I've owned the car for nearly 6 months and it's been sitting on my drive for 5 of those months!

I've probably missed some detail (it's been a huge ordeal of back and forth between several people and issues), so remind me if I've missed any info. I'd be so massively grateful if anyone had whatever info I'm missing.

Thanks!

[njccmd2002]

what a shame you had to get rid of it. well moving on...