Theft prevention
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Laughing Gas
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Theft prevention
I have a 88 f150, and I live in an area where car theft is bad, and I know these trucks are super easy to steal. I want to wire a kill switch in, and I was thinking about doing it to the fuel system. But then it will start for a few seconds with what’s in the rail unless I wire it to the injectors. And I don’t want a thief to try to start it and burn my starter out. Is there a way to wire it to the ignition switch so it won’t get any power when the kill switch is off? And what are some other things I can do to make it hard for them to get into the cab? Is there any sort of alarm system I put on this truck so I can enable and disable it with a remote like a car that has power locks so if they do pick the lock or use a slim Jim it’ll still make the horn go off when the door sensor tells the system the doors open?
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If you are not using the truck often, you can just pull the Distributor to coil wire and take it inside or disconnect it and leave it laying in the engine bay. I know you want more than this but if a thief wants it they will get it somehow. I don't think they will stay around long enough to burn the starter up.
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Install CAT switch. Few thieves have this key. Nice and heavy duty.
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Beside the coil wire pull the fuel pump relay and the wire off the Slog of the starter solenoid on the fender.
That would be 3 things they would need to fix and if you have the relay & coil wire inside they would have to bring them with them to start it.
Is it a manual transmission? They say that helps as many dont know how to drive one.
Then again a wheel lift tow truck and its gone in no time!
If they want it they will get it sorry to say.
Dave ----
That would be 3 things they would need to fix and if you have the relay & coil wire inside they would have to bring them with them to start it.
Is it a manual transmission? They say that helps as many dont know how to drive one.
Then again a wheel lift tow truck and its gone in no time!
If they want it they will get it sorry to say.
Dave ----
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I was thinking about an interrupt in the tank select switch wiring once. That'll make sure it won't go anywhere under its own power.
Shift interlock on autos would be good too.
Go back & read a few dozen page of "my truck won't run threads" & duplicate one or two of the goofiest faults together & they just create their own ant-theft protocol.
Shift interlock on autos would be good too.
Go back & read a few dozen page of "my truck won't run threads" & duplicate one or two of the goofiest faults together & they just create their own ant-theft protocol.
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A very easy way to disable fuel from the pumps and the injectors is through the inertia switch behind the passenger footwell kick panel. That switch turns off all fuel flow in the event of a vehicle rollover. It can be wired to a simple on/off toggle or button wherever in the cab you choose to hide it. That way all the wiring is inside the truck away from weather. It's as simple as splicing the switch into a single low voltage wire. Finding a discrete location inside the cab is not hard if you are creative enough.