The anti theft chip came out of my key now my car will not start

Tiny
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  • 1996 FORD
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  • 200,000 MILES
My dad had just bolted in my battery and cleaned the red wire and tighten it. We took my car down the road and did not have any issues. We pulled back into the yard and parked the car. The car was still running at this point. My key to the car has been busted open and we was wondering what the white thing in it was so while the car was still cranked and running we pulled the white piece out. The car made a funny noise instantly as soon as we took the white piece out. So we quickly put it back in. Then we cut the car off. Well we tried to recrank it and it would not start. The lights would pop up but the engine would not start. I am not to car savvy so I am not sure the technical terms to use. But I had a spare key and we tried using it, but the car still would not crank.
Saturday, December 31st, 2016 AT 6:31 PM

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Tiny
CJ MEDEVAC
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Just a suggestion.

Maybe disconnect Mr. Negative Battery Cable for ten or so minutes, then reconnect it.

This may or may not reset nuthin', but nothing' gets hurt during this attempt.

Let me know if this works.

The Medic
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Saturday, December 31st, 2016 AT 8:13 PM
Tiny
STEVE W.
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From the description you tripped the security system. Probably the easiest solution would be to take it to a dealer, get two new keys and have those programmed into the system. The broken key is now useless and the way it was damaged may have also caused the spare to become an orphan that will not work.
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Saturday, December 31st, 2016 AT 8:35 PM

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