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Technical => Electrics, Audio and Security => Topic started by: neville668bartos on September 03, 2009, 03:06:04 PM
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g'day everyone. any suugestions on the best way it wire up a kill switch? i just wanna put a switch under the dash or in the engine bay. cheers
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had one where one wire went to the coil, so when on motor turned but no spark, was great!
sure some of the electrically savy can tell you exactly how
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had that too aye its good then you here the thing wineding over and catch the buggers
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same tip ... different post ..... I have heard of bad boys taking number plates off bedfords and the like then arranging for wreckers to pick the van up, collect $200 no questions asked... this has happened in the suburbs in Melbourne when vans are parked out in the street and not being driven. My tip .... at the very least pop rivet the number plates on. The kill switch is a good idea as beddies are deadset easy to hotwire, I used to remove the coil lead from mine when I left it in unsavoury places, I also use a twin battery system and turn the switch to off overnight. For a crime to occur there must be two ingredients, a bad guy and opportunity, can't do much about the behaviour of bad guys so make your van as hard as you can to steal, when I used a beddie in the building trade a few years back I used to take the steering wheel with me whenever I parked in the city. Looked like a dill but knew the beddie was gunna be there later in the day. Why take the steering wheel and not the coil lead? because the bad boys will flatten your battery before realising it aint gunna go as opposed to getting in it finding they can't drive it and don't bother trying to start it.
Same principle with push bikes .... take the seat off, bad boys don't get far standing up to cycle and don't get much money for a seatless bike.
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awsome idea eddy. take the steering wheel. or lock it in the back somewhere!! im gunna do that to my new van.
in black beddy i had a padlock system so you could padlock it into park!
also if your on gas you have usually 3 solinoids, just cut power to the one on the gas tank. therefore they can hear the front gas solinoids click but nothing will come out cause of the rear one not on,.
cheers
ben
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i just put a switch in the wire going from the positive post on the coil to the dizzy.you cant start the engine even though its turning over.
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cheers guys. will get busy this weekend. might even do the hz aswell as the beddy
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mate another good idea is to have a tap on your fuel line so if they find the kill switch they only get as far as the fuel bowl lets them or if you have a petrol pump add a switch to turn it off if all that fails do what mad max did rig it to blow that way if you can have it no one can lol :D
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yeh both good ideas!
yeh just add a petrol solinoid (like for lpg) up near the petrol tank so they cant see it!!
dont like the blow it up one thou bro. now this is getting drastic but you could hook up a gun to shoot them in the leg when they press on the accelerator, im not sure if that would stop them thou? maybe a gun that shoots through the seat and shoots them in the rib.
its starting to sound a bit too drastic thou i think lol.
ben
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got told by a mate of mine from zimbarbway that they put a spike under the seat and when the theif jumps in the seat he gets it in the as# lol
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im sure that a removable bar or pin and padlock could be installed on the go peddle? you can start it all you want but if you cant depress the accelerator then your looking silly sitting there....
i was personal thinking of wielding or bolting in a thick box surround around my gear stick that has a sliding lid with a slot in it.... when you park you put it in neutral and the lid slides slotting either side of the gearstick and is padlocked...
the more obvious the deterrent the better in my book.
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My kill switch is between the lead from the ignition to the starter motor.
They can't even start it, saving the battery.
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what about a sticker that reads "4.2:1 diffs rule!" ;D
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hi i also have a bar across the auto selector that lets me lock it into park, i used it for the first few weeks then got over it! my vans insured with shannons for 7 grand, way more than i could sell it for! come and steal it! i live in fitzroy!!!
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got told by a mate of mine from zimbarbway that they put a spike under the seat and when the theif jumps in the seat he gets it in the as# lol
ow dude!!!! dont forget about it yourself thou. can see that hapening!!
or one of ya mates hahaha..
ben
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id go the kill switch in the power to the coil, and put a fuel cut off in the fuel line.
in my SWB ive also got a chain bolted to the fire wall just above the engine cover with a bit of pushbike tube over it that gets padlocked to the 4 speed shift when its in reverse, and a chain bolted to the bonnet that gets padlocked around the passanger engine mount.
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if u use a club lock make sure u lock it on with ur front wheels full lock either way, otherwise if their in the straight position a tow truck can just hook it up from the rear n drive off in about 2 mins.