Anti-theft device
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Anti-theft device
Has anyone used an anti-theft device like those battery interrupt switches that I have seen on bossap.com. How easy are they to install and how much extra wiring do they entail.
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They only work as well as how well you hide the switch to turn it on and off. Many people put a toggle switch under the edge of the dash or under the seat where it's convenient to use, problem is that's the first place a thief will look for it! It's much ore effective if you hide it someplace unexpected like in plain sight, just disguised as something else. You could use an otherwise unused switch like the courtesy light switch that some headlight switches have built in, you could use the manual switch on the dome light, a switch that looks like it operates the wipers or heater or replace the manual choke with a rotary switch and put the choke **** on it.
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AX, those are great ideas! Hidden in plain sight, great concept
Way back in high school my buddy had a 55 Chevy hard top, he had a series of toggle switches that operated different things. It was a great theft detterant because if you didn't get the right combination of switches, it flat wouldnt run
Way back in high school my buddy had a 55 Chevy hard top, he had a series of toggle switches that operated different things. It was a great theft detterant because if you didn't get the right combination of switches, it flat wouldnt run
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Ax,
Another great idea from Ax! Disguise the cut off switch as something else , hidden in plain site!
O.K. let's make this a standard for all members of this forum - Everyone puts a cut off switch on their dash and we all make it the third switch from the right. I know Penn Dick and Peter are with me on this! What about everyone else?
Don't forget, you owe us a picture of the dog-dish modification.
Later,
Another great idea from Ax! Disguise the cut off switch as something else , hidden in plain site!
O.K. let's make this a standard for all members of this forum - Everyone puts a cut off switch on their dash and we all make it the third switch from the right. I know Penn Dick and Peter are with me on this! What about everyone else?
Don't forget, you owe us a picture of the dog-dish modification.
Later,
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From: Durham NC
Originally Posted by ferguson777
Ax,
Another great idea from Ax! Disguise the cut off switch as something else , hidden in plain site!
O.K. let's make this a standard for all members of this forum - Everyone puts a cut off switch on their dash and we all make it the third switch from the right. I know Penn Dick and Peter are with me on this! What about everyone else?
Don't forget, you owe us a picture of the dog-dish modification.
Later,
Another great idea from Ax! Disguise the cut off switch as something else , hidden in plain site!
O.K. let's make this a standard for all members of this forum - Everyone puts a cut off switch on their dash and we all make it the third switch from the right. I know Penn Dick and Peter are with me on this! What about everyone else?
Don't forget, you owe us a picture of the dog-dish modification.
Later,
Going to have to wait a little longer for the DDM pix. We'll be away at our national championship races for 2 weeks starting Fri.
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I'm gonna wire my switch as a distributor kill switch, I'm also going to use two starter buttons, one of them hidden (both have to be pushed). The there is the battery cutoff switch, fuel shutoff switch, and the I'm cutoff switch.
By the time I remember where all the switches are, and what sequence to use I will have forgotten where I was going in the first place. I will then try to reset everything to the off position, try and find the keys to the house, and thereby save millions of dollars in gasolene every year.
Ta Da!!
By the time I remember where all the switches are, and what sequence to use I will have forgotten where I was going in the first place. I will then try to reset everything to the off position, try and find the keys to the house, and thereby save millions of dollars in gasolene every year.
Ta Da!!
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Does anyone have any ideas for deterents if the thief/thiefs push the vehicle, or are using a tow truck, dolly ect.
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Emergency brake that they can not figure out how to release? Maybe a line lock?
Originally Posted by 51ford fan
Does anyone have any ideas for deterents if the thief/thiefs push the vehicle, or are using a tow truck, dolly ect.
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Big dog loose in the box works best! I always wanted to wire in a radio controled
on edit, removed the last line - no reason to get George upset!
on edit, removed the last line - no reason to get George upset!
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I had a friend that had a big black snake! Another guy I knew used a modified cigarette lighter. Had a mini micro switch mounted in the end of the female recepticle. Push in the lighter, it depresses the switch, and locks in with the detent that normally holds the lighter in until it gets hot enough to pop back out.
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Originally Posted by 51ford fan
Does anyone have any ideas for deterents if the thief/thiefs push the vehicle, or are using a tow truck, dolly ect.
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Radio Shack used to have an "experimenter's kit" that was a keypad with chips that you could program to arm/disarm any circuit, use for a garage door opener, etc. It was about $8 and was pretty small.
Another thing they use at car dealers around here is just a male/female socket with about 20 pins that completes a circuit when the male plug is plugged into the female. The back side of the female is potted and it would take all day to figure out which pins need to be connected to hot-wire it (I think they interupt the starter circuit and ignition feed with them).
I also found some "keys" in my son's car that are simple banana plugs you insert into a female headphone-type jack to complete the circuit. Could be mounted on the dash easily, they are the small 1/8"-diameter type.
Another thing they use at car dealers around here is just a male/female socket with about 20 pins that completes a circuit when the male plug is plugged into the female. The back side of the female is potted and it would take all day to figure out which pins need to be connected to hot-wire it (I think they interupt the starter circuit and ignition feed with them).
I also found some "keys" in my son's car that are simple banana plugs you insert into a female headphone-type jack to complete the circuit. Could be mounted on the dash easily, they are the small 1/8"-diameter type.
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
I have always thought that the modern alarms systems are fairly useless. How many times do these things go off and people just think it's another annoying, over sensitive alarm going off and just want it turned off. The alarms blast for quite some time until the owner finds his keys, walks out to car and turns it off. A good car thief can have most of them deactivated in less time than it takes the owner to get to the car to do it. I have heard countless alarms go off in parking lots and just keep walking because it looks like the owner is getting into the car, it could have been a thief, I don't know, really don't care, just turn the damn thing off!
My idea would be to have a time delay circuit that would allow a thief to start the car and drive it a minimal distance, maybe ten feet hopefully not enough to allow him to get into major traffic, where it will die. I guarantee you the guy is not going to stick around when he has a bunch of ticked off people behind him waiting for him to move the car.
My idea would be to have a time delay circuit that would allow a thief to start the car and drive it a minimal distance, maybe ten feet hopefully not enough to allow him to get into major traffic, where it will die. I guarantee you the guy is not going to stick around when he has a bunch of ticked off people behind him waiting for him to move the car.