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Old June 15th 05, 06:04 AM
Spike
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A fellow club member gave a talk one night at a meeting and he made
mention of putting the switch before the coil IIRC.

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 01:13:21 GMT, "Jim Warman"
> wrote:

>We'll leave the crosspost for now..... something that works great on
>distributor cars is to swap the #1 wire and the coil wire in the cap.
>Someone will have to be very sharp to notice, the car will appear to want to
>start but act like the plugs are wet, checking with a timing light while an
>assistant cranks the motor will reveal a perfectly timed ignition system.
>
>If a kill switch is your choice, the switch should go on the ground
>(switched) side of the coil. This switch can either gound this terminal or
>isolate the terminal. Putting the switch in the powered side of the circuit
>is too easy to bypass. Grounding the switched side of the coil can be hidden
>in any tach wiring you might have. This type of kill switch will be much
>harder to bypass and require diagnostic time that a thief doesn't usually
>have.
>
>
>"Dodge-Him" > wrote in message
...
>> One of the first things crooks do is look for the kill switch in the
>> usual suspect places!!!
>> They don't like cars that won't start and sometimes trash them as
>> punishment for fooling them.
>> The rotor is a very good ides I once took mine from the Toronto Area to
>> the Vancouver in my suit case Just because I could flip it in there! It
>> was a dual point Mallory and would have been real hard to replace.
>> Also chained the hood down with a paddle lock. This was after my car was
>> stolen and partially stripped!
>> Dodgem
>>
>> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:40:59 -0600, "66 6F HCS"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>I wasn't trying to belittle your post. Yes, as a visual deterrent,

>thieves
>> >>looking for a quick buck would probably move on, but there are those

>stupid
>> >>thieves out there who actually think they might be able to get the car

>and
>> >>would end up trashing it in the process.
>> >>
>> >>I prefer something visible, yes, but not a visible thing that could
>> >>potentially trash my car at the same time. I'm thinking a cheap alarm

>with a
>> >>blinking light (or just a blinking light if you're REALLY cheap) would

>be
>> >>decent as a visual deterrent, along with something that the car truly
>> >>couldn't go without. If I park somewhere I don't trust 100%, I pull the
>> >>rotor. Cheap insurance. This lets the motor turn over but not start.

>It's
>> >>now taken him some time to figure out why the car won't start. Time is

>his
>> >>enemy. Unless he carries a SBF rotor in his pocket, the more time he

>spends
>> >>trying to steal the car the more likely he'll get caught.
>> >
>> >
>> > thats advice ...pull the rotor
>> > did ya think of that one yourself
>> > lmfao
>> > what a foctard
>> > its called an ignition kill switch
>> > hook one under dash or seat
>> > YA FOCKTARD
>> > lmfao
>> >
>> > U GO GIRL

>>

>


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Old June 15th 05, 07:46 PM
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 01:05:44 -0400, Tom Adkins
> wrote:

Mine's a daily driver. Still, with what I've spent on restoration and
modifications , I don't want to give the local punk an easy mark.

Nothing like walking out of the grocery with your arms full and no
place to put the stuff except on the ground... or take someone special
out to dinner and end up calling a cab for her while spending time
filling out theft reports....

I just want something (or more than one) that sends the potential
thief after someone else's ride. And preferable something simple. I
don't want to have to park next to a light post and haul out an anchor
chain and hulking lock like I do with my bike. Just a simple flip of a
switch. Add a 9 volt battery connected to a flashing LED and you have
psychological deterrence. Toss in a claymore mine wired to the
driver's seat, a couple of flashing neon signs and some NRA and
militia stickers.

I did see something I thought could be adapted... a small advertising
sign with scrolling words that was programmable. Looked kinda like a
third brake light. Enter the message

"I just stole this vehicle. Call 911 and report me."

If the car is started without turning of the sign circuit, the message
is displayed....... : )



>
> All of this seems like a lot of trouble when you want to drive the car regularly.
> Something I've done is wire the starter crank circiit through a relay in the park
>lamp circuit. Won't crank unless you turn on the park\ running lights. Install a
>bypass in an out of the way location in case there is a problem.
> No add on "kill switch" circuit is fool proof. Most are deterrents and the
>effectiveness if ruled by how well you hide the wiring mods. If the thief can't start
>the car after a minute or so, he'll give up.( And hopefully not do too much damage
>because of his failure). If someone really wants to steal your car, they will use a
>tow truck. No anti-theft features can stop that.


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