90 security

[mass199]

I've just bought a 1991 200tdi 90 hard top. It's got a few mods and i'm a bit worried that it might get nicked.

I just wondered what i could do to stop the local scum bags from thieving my pride and joy?

Is there anywhere i could put a kill switch or anything similar to help security.

Cheers Mark

[Dinkydave]

Unfortunately you can only stop the low tech scum bags, otherwise if they want it they'll have it regardless of what security toys you've got bolted on.

There's a few ideas in this months LRO:

Clutch claws
Disc locks
Battery isolators
ect....

I've been looking at getting a mountney removable steering wheel.

Anything to give you a few extra minutes. Gravel drives are a pretty good deterant too.

Ade

[fezzy192]

the best way you can imobilze your 90 is try mud-stuff they do a gadget that stops the clutch being used  hope this helps kev

[automania]

my votes for disc lok, good visula deterant seem well made too, just a pain in the ass to store

[crazymac]

Do it in two ways

1. something visible like steering wheel lock, clutch claw etc.

2. Hidden switch that isolates the fuel solenoid.

[Mark_Solesbury]

Removable steering wheel
Immobiliser
Alarm
Clutch Claw

I had a mate that put a hidden switch in that switched the feed from the starter motor relay to the horn :)

And if youve got the space, Sentinal  do a good security post.

It wont stop people getting, as the doors are almost useless but it may stop someone having it away!

[forestrynick]

Our range rover has a fairly sizable bar padlocked through one of the spokes of the rear wheel. It sticks out past the spring, trailing link, shock and brake pipes. The padlock is situated such that it would be difficult to get croppers or hacksaw to it. After nearly loosing my 90 when i left it 100 yards away with the keys in (i could see it) i now have a hidden switch for fuel pump. A dogs good aswell!

Its all about making it look difficult for the oppourtunity thief. The others you can't stop, if they want they will probably get it!

Nick

[mass199]

I might try sleeping in it with a pick axe handle for company. Only joking :lol: 

I've got a few ideas to help now

Cheers Mark

[Defender]

Unfortunately if they want it, they'll have it.
More & more Defenders are simply being lifted or dragged away. They're not even starting the engines.
My mate had his stolen from outside his house. They simply pushed & manhandled it onto a low slung trailer. No sound, no fuss.
He only found out it had gone in the morning.
It was 12 months later when the gang of thieving [swivel pins] was stopped by the police, that the method of theft was revealed.
His motor turned up in a warehouse that they were using for dismantling their ill gotten gains, completely stripped, with most of the valuable parts missing. :x

All you can do is make it as hard as possible for them to remove it - install a good security post such as the Centinal, sold by Noise Killer. Fit a good alarm. Block the vehicle in with another. Park it in a garage or behind locked gates & out of view of the road. Don't leave the wheels pointing straight ahead, turn them full lock one way or the other so if dragged it will want to steer off to one side.

[Range Rover Ron]

Hello guys,
a good thread this....

I had a 110 defender a few years back and it had an awesome low life stopper,
it was called a "Boxlock" and was a box section steel frame bolted to the body around the footwell,
when locked it stopped any control of all the pedals,
it had a drop down door with a H/D mortice lock on it.
Once this was locked I was confident that no way could it be driven away.
(O.K. it could still be lifted onto a low loader etc but if they are that tooled up nothing will stop it from going).
Probably worth a search on the internet for boxlock.
It had a phone number on it that I gave to a friend but he told me after ringing it there was a message saying it was a ring out number only. So an internet search may be the only way, unless some else has a boxlock and a different phone number.
This item was really well made and strong, everyone who saw it commented on it's strength and design.
When you were driving you just had your feet on the dropped down door, with no interferance to the operation of the pedals.

I like the tip about locking your wheels at an angle.

Cheers..............

[trickydicky]

i spent good money on a battery isolator then wile driving down the shops one day i knocked the switch over and it just caried on driving as if nothing had happened. so that means they can bump it if they wanted. i was thinking of fitting a hidden switch to the injection pump cutt off, thats just a single wire so that seems an easy option

[tack43]

With a battery isolator (off) it will still run because the ignition is on and the alternator is powering the stop solenoid. You would not be able to bump start - the engine (alternator) would not spin fast enough to overcome the stop soleniod even if igntion wiring was "done".
Also fit a separate switch on the stop solenoid circuit.

Rich

[TDi90]

park something in the way. like yer missus' car...