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[TerrA LX]

Hahaha like we are all going to spell out how we secure our car on an open forum...

[Steve TPF]

If I'm concerned about where I've parked my car I take out the rotor button. But I'm impoverished and can't afford a proper immobiliser.

[N/A-PWR]

Hi Phillip,

We can never have enough protection, but I like your idea to make your own, as for one, you know how it works, and for two, it would be made with quality parts. Dave I

 

 

 

I always imagined having a pin at the back of the Gear shifter, that goes through the tail-shaft uni,

and locates a pin hole on the other side, and then you lock it in the Cab behind the shifter with a Padlock.

[lxsstorana]

The immobilizer sounds like a good idea.

[Rockoz]

Remember years ago there was a valve with a keyswitch that could be fitted in the brake lines.

Was a one way valve.

So you could either lock the brakes yourself or wait until the thief used the brakes the first time.

[WhaleOilBeefHooked]

^^Even better if Automatic^^ as usually it's the first pedal pressed after ignition, Make sure you have good slave seals for this as I would imagine some overdue stressing would occur & you don't need the things blowing out whilst going for a cruise...

[r2160]

Or a solenoid valve on the fuel system. No fuel = no go

 

cheers

Glenn

[N/A-PWR]

I always look at the extremes of a Thief, like they can use a Tow Truck, and now Tilt Trays. Dave I

[Steve TPF]

Have you considered one of these?

 

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[rodomo]

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[WhaleOilBeefHooked]

OHHH How I wish there was a shop selling the Magna Volt, Reminds me of when we were kids our house kept getting broken into and The Ole Man was hell bent on hooking 240 up to front door knob... Thankfully Mum was the deciding factor, So we are still alive to tell about it......

Edited by WhaleOilBeefHooked, 03 May 2014 - 09:32 PM.

[Rockoz]

 

I like this one

Edited by Rockoz, 03 May 2014 - 10:15 PM.

[LJGTR6]

I have always had both.

I have had 2 cars attempted to be taken but were left

with the door just ajar as the alarm for one must have sent them running.

 

One was my LX in about 1989 in camden

The other was a ford Ute i owned and worked out of at Mt Druitt Tafe car park.

 

So in my experience the alarms definitely worked.

If they had been able to disable the alarm hopefully the immobiliser would have stopped them getting the whole car.

 

steve

[Steve TPF]

w39o6eSI06Y =

 

Thanks Rodomo - my embed didn't work and I was having connection issues, couldn't make it work.

[Rockoz]

Years and years ago there was a kit alarm that you could get from Dick Smith.

It worked pretty well but when tweaked it was excellent.

It only worked on power draw and was very  sensitive.

Sometimes a truck going past would set it off.

The movement of the car caused the electrolyte in the battery to move which triggered it.

But that bit was able to be overcome.

 

Back in those days there werent many alarms on the market.

Each one tended to have a specific flashing light.

So the thieves could work out what brand it was and how to overcome it quite easily.

 

Helped a mate design and install a very customised and upgraded version of the Dock Smith Kit.

It was an ugly bit of componentry but worked well.

 

There were no remotes those days and this alarm was designed as instantaneous so external switch was required.

 

Basically with the modifications made there was a delay of about 5 seconds after the alarm activated before it made noise.

In those 5 seconds however, things were happening.

Once the doors were all closed, solenoids activated the door locks and kept them locked. With thief inside.

An immobiliser cut power to both starter and coil.

Then no less than 6 piezo screamers activated inside the car as well as an external siren and flashing lights.

 

So the end result was any thief who tried his luck would be kept locked in the car and in pain with the noise being generated.

[N/A-PWR]

another way of hiding things, is disguise,

In the Movie, 'The day of the Jackal', he hid his special gun in a fake exhaust pipe, which was to look original, when crossing the border. Dave I

 

so put an alarm in a heater box and the wiring in fake fuel lines or something

[N/A-PWR]

Ha Ha Rob, that is one very well designed Alarm

[Rockoz]

It worked well actually.

Whether or not it is legal is another issue.

As well as what happens to the thief when released from the car.