Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Disco_Stu on April 14, 2008, 13:46:46
-
Hi all, I'm looking for a bit of advice about adding an extra level of security to my Disco.
My winch is welded to my bumper, can be removed but would need cutting in places. Bumper is welded to the car same as the winch. This is all to stop light fingered gits pinching my bits in the middle of the night.
Unfortunately my snorkel top was nicked last night, £10, I ask you, is it worth the kicking I'll give him if I catch him?
Anyway I realise that our discoveries look brilliant, which is why thieves want to nick our bolt-ons. However, because my bolt-ons are now welded on, I reckon it'll be the whole car that goes next time.
I've got the factory fitted alarm and immobilizer but I want to run a remote switch to the stop solenoid to make it a bit harder to take.
Questions:
Is it as simple as re-routing the wire from the solenoid to a switch and back?
Where is the solenoid? :)
If anyone has done this please feel free to give your comments or suggestions, any other anti-theft measures would also be appreciated.
Stu.
-
One trick I have seen done on other cars that I assume would work on a Disco too is to have a removable link in the low-tension wire to the starter solenoid. You just take the link with you, then any thieves have to sit there at risk of being caught for that little bit longer while they try to figure out why it won't start. They may not even notice the socket for said link if you place it in a cunning location!
The vehicle with this mod has run happily for some months now with no starting problems or melted wires. The link does need to be a type of plug/socket that latches. A plain cigar lighter plug/socket won't work but there are plenty of alternatives out there.
-
If you want to be a bar-person then fit a time-delay relay to the stop solenoid so that the truck will run for a few seconds then cut off, that way the theiving scrotes will have drawn attention to themselves and will leg it, leaving you pride and joy in the middle of the street, for you to hop right and and run them down :twisted:
-
I did have a gadget on my old ZX (that I wish I'd remembered to take off). Basically it fitted between the battery and the positive cable, had a fuse and a screw-in removable bit. With the removable bit screwed in the car behaved normally. If you took it out, the bypass fuse was rated high enough to keep things like the clock and alarm running, but would blow if you tried to start the engine. The only snag was that it was a pain to have to rummage under the bonnet to get at it, so I only tended to use it if leaving the car at home and going on holiday.
I like RRBs' idea - sounds like those anti-carjacker devices you can buy! I have also seen things to lock onto a wheel that deflate the tyre if the vehicle is moved (not puncture - they just press the valve in) but knowing my luck I'd forget to unlock it myself one day :lol:
-
Cheers all, I like RRB's time delay idea too, especially the running them down bit...
Stu.
-
knowing my luck I'd forget to unlock it myself one day :lol:
I've driven into my yellow security posts. Not once but twice :roll:
-
Use a 6 inch square piece of ply-wood draw a line from corner to corner where the lines cross drill a hole, knock a six inch nail with sharpened point through the hole, place the whole thing inside a cushion cover and leave on drivers seat when un attended better than any imobiliser.
-
Use a 6 inch square piece of ply-wood draw a line from corner to corner where the lines cross drill a hole, knock a six inch nail with sharpened point through the hole, place the whole thing inside a cushion cover and leave on drivers seat when un attended better than any imobiliser.
:clap: :clap: :clap: :lol:
-
what iv done to mine is extend the wire from the back of the fuel pump thrugh to underneath the dash and put a switch on it,cant even start it with the keys either... no fuel no go =;, immobile all for the price of a switch an a bit of wire :lol: :lol: :lol:
-
I have a presure pad out of an old car (jensen healy) used to stop the engine running if the seat belt is not used, it goes inside the drivers seat and there is a hidden switch to disable it and a little creative wiring in the engine bay so if your sat in the seat it won't run ;)
This is in adition to the six wire imobiliser I got of ebay :lol: