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#21 ·
I put in a remote starter. I then disconnected the wire from the ignition switch. Now my baby can't be started with the key. I get in, hit the remote starter key fob, put the key in and turn it to run. As a bonus I can start it from inside the house on those many NY winter days and let it warm up. I have done this on my f250, and my el dorado as well. If you don't have my key fob, you can't start my car.
 
#22 ·
I have a teen who I have to hide my keys from for her's and the community's safety and my liability. I also had a kill switch installed on my 2012 Hyundai. $40 wish he had used a black switch


The El Camino, at the 77, seems easy to hot wire, not that she's smart enough so I have also considered doing a hood lock on it as well. Replaces the hood release cable. http://vehicle-maintenance.wonderho....wonderhowto.com/how-to/install-hood-lock-deadbolt-protect-your-vehicle-263274/
I also have security cameras all around the house and 2 pointed at the driveway on my cars.
 
#23 ·
DONE DEAL DONNY said:
I just cut the dizzy wire and run a switch off that. So to steal my car you have to get past the alarm, and the club, and find the switch. And oh yea, HOPE I don't catch you trying!!!:snipersmilie:
But it can happen!!:let_it_all_out:
Donny
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I've got 2 ignition switches, a passive/aggressive talking alarm, a club, a 2nd "club" that ties the brake pedal to the steering wheel plus a steel collar around the column... and as you said, hope I don't catch you trying because there's a pistol & a shotgun backing-up all of the above... sadly, tho, as DDD said, "it can happen!!" Or as I always say, "If they want it bad enuf, they'll get it. You just gotta make it as hard as possible... make 'em really work for it..."
 
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One good anti theft idea i got from a guy who has a corvette stolen 3 times before he did this: get two kill switches, one that is in a common kill switch spot and semi easy to find with the second one much harder to find. Have the easy one kill the ignition, and the hard one kill your electric fuel pump. the thief will find the easy one get it started and drive it about a block away before it runs out of gas, now that the thief is stalled in the middle of the street he will quickly get away from the car because it will draw attention. Leaving you with a hopefully unmolested car abandoned in the middle of the road nearby.
 
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elcamino158 said:
I've got 2 ignition switches, a passive/aggressive talking alarm, a club, a 2nd "club" that ties the brake pedal to the steering wheel plus a steel collar around the column... and as you said, hope I don't catch you trying because there's a pistol & a shotgun backing-up all of the above... sadly, tho, as DDD said, "it can happen!!" Or as I always say, "If they want it bad enuf, they'll get it. You just gotta make it as hard as possible... make 'em really work for it..."
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And to Done Deal Donny...

You can't kill someone for stealing a car. Just a recommendation.
 
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Hidden dimmer switch under the carpet is a great idea, but remember to mount it high enough. Years ago a customers car was disabled by accident by his unknowing son while driving, as he hit the switch that he didn't know was there...
 
#31 ·
On my 66 Impala, I had a toggle switch that pointed down mounted under the front edge of the drivers seat. You had to flip that to the on position first. Then you had to turn the key on. To start it, there was a push button mounted in that flat area at the bottom of the dash that was parallel to the floor. the toggle killed all power to the starting circuit, then the push button was wired to the starter. The key was still wired to the run function. The wiring to the toggle ran under the carpet, with enough slack that you could still adjust the seat. The push button was on the far left side of the dash, right up against the drivers side kick panel with the wiring up under the dash with all the other wires. Was just a simple black momentary contact push button that blended in with the black dash. The toggle was mounted on a bracket I made that was recessed so that it was up inside the bottom edge of the seat. You couldn't see either one if you were down looking for them. I had the toggle oriented so that clicking it forward was for go, pointed rearward was for no-go.


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#32 ·
Right now I dont have any kill switch on my Camino - however I ran a relay system to the starter that required that the stereo be turned on before the car would start - all I had to remember to do was turn the stereo off before shutting down the car, the nice thing was if I pulled the detachable face the car would never start.

Heres the wiring diagram:
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I got the idea from this site.
 
#34 ·
Keyser Sose said:
and people wonder why I'm single. Women!

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"Your honor, he made disparaging remarks about this pretty young woman, and she distinctly saw him giving a beautiful Chevy the stink-eye. In short, sir, he needed killin'. He needed killin' real bad. The defense rests."

"Sounds like this poor girl's been through enough. Case dismissed." :gavel slam:


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#35 ·
If they want it bad enough, there going to get it. Locks, clubs, kill switches only keep the joy-rider away. The car theft rings have everything from roll-backs to enclosed trailers to haul your stuff away.

What get's me is they catch them and they are given 6 months probation. Whatever happened to the good ol days when you hanged some SOB that tried to get away with your ride!!!!

I have EFI and the fuel pump is on a seperate key / switch hidden inside. A momentary switch in the solenoid wire to disable the starter, and a club,, all of which does nothing if they push it in the street and pull it up on a rollback. I still rely more on being a light sleeper and Colt Gvt. Model 38Super for primary home Security. ;)
 
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PhilCamino said:
"Your honor, he made disparaging remarks about this pretty young woman, and she distinctly saw him giving a beautiful Chevy the stink-eye. In short, sir, he needed killin'. He needed killin' real bad. The defense rests."

"Sounds like this poor girl's been through enough. Case dismissed." :gavel slam:


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You can see right there your honor that she is predisposed to lying and making things up!

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#38 ·
You're making it too hard on yourself . I have a battery disconnect I have installed on several of my old cars in the past and have one currently on my 86 El..Let me look up the links and I'll post them. Its very simple to install and cheap. WP
 
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Here's one source for the latching solenoid built by Cole Hersee .http://www.allbatterysalesandservice.com/browse.cfm/4,2914.html
The wiring diagram is on that page right above the price,I think. I will double check to make sure its the same I'm using. You can hide a switch in the car somewhere and unless you know where it is,and thats why the car won't start, you won't get it started. I use a mini-springloaded toggle hidden in or around my car. One pull on the switch disconnects the battery,one more pull reconnects the battery. You will need to run a simple 12 source wire to keep your radio,etc. memories in force. You can spend MANY more dollars but you can't get a better ,simpler system.Like I said I have used them on three cars and never had a problem. I think you can still get this solenoid from O'Reilly Auto Parts. I'll make sure of the part number . Wayne
NOTE : The correct number on the solenoid is 24200-BX and made by COLE-HERSEE . I bought mine thru this link as i could never get O-Reilys to order it. These people have it and its about 70 bucks if I remember correctly,http://www.dieselequipment.com/contact/
 
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