Fossicker
SubscriberSo, my garage was broken into a few days ago. A couple grand worth of tools were stolen, but thankfully the Series II is untouched.
The trouble is - someone knows it's there (and there's plenty of other tools remaining). So besides everything else I'm doing to beef up security for the garage in general (stronger hinges and padlock mounting points, better cameras, etc) - what are your Series anti-theft tips? Stuff that doesn't get in the way of driving it is preferable, but let's hear it all regardless :-)
I've already got an old-school steering wheel lock, battery isolator, well-hidden AirTag with the speaker disabled, and one of those "reserve my parking spot" folding bollards to make it a little harder to tow it whole. Interested in hearing other opinions.
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Great family dog, yet fearsomely protective. Their unfair reputation for being savage could work in your favour.
Wheel clamp, remove the rotor, anything you do will only deter an honest thief and slow down a determined one.
Last edited by V8Ian; 16th August 2024 at 10:14 PM.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
Fossicker
SubscriberNot bad ideas at all. I live in an apartment so the garage is downstairs - but the upshot is the area gets some traffic, so slowing down a determined thief is a fine option.
YarnMaster
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Cheers
OldBushie
Before I made dual battery isolators, I had thriving business manufacturing car alarms.
One of the features of these alarms was the ability to earth out the coil if the alarm was triggered.
In your case, a hidden key switch could do the same thing.
Mount the switch somewhere in the cab and just use it when you want to make the vehicle more secure.
Fossicker
Subscriberaustastar - yeah, i've already got something like that, but folding.
drivesafe - thanks, that's an idea. Doesn't add too much overhead to getting in and driving the thing.
Wizard
Am I right in assuming that this is posted on an open forum and anybody can read it ?
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Member
Disconnect the wire on the starter solenoid and run to a momentary pushbutton switch, like this:
Black Momentary IP65 Pushbutton Switch | Jaycar Australia
and then connect the other side of the switch to the solenoid.
hide the switch somewhere where you can push it surreptitiously while you turn the key to the start position.
If no-one can see you push the switch when you start the car, no-one can ever start it without your specific instructions on how to. Hot-wiring won't start it either.
Back when I had old Alfas, I hid the switch in the handbrake boot (not possible in a Series, obvs, but perhaps somewhere around the seat base, perhaps).
When I needed some panel work, I told the workshop owner about the switch, but he never told anyone else. He had the apprentices pushing it all over the shop and they never figured out why it would start for him, but never them...
Cheers,
Les
Fossicker
SubscriberNot a bad idea - but I'd have to upgrade to a starter solenoid first! Mine's still running the old-school push-button start, and I doubt that Jaycar unit is rated to a couple of hundred amps ;-)Originally Posted by FarmerLes
ForumSage
ALL my cars and my Caravan have GPS trackers with a $15 Aldi sim, the sim lasts 12 months. Cheap insurance.
the tracker has a relay output so you can imobilise the car with an SMS message.
I recently swapped out the 3G trackers for 4G trackers, Any time I want to know where any of my cars is just a sms message and it comes back with lat long or a google map location. The trackers are about $100 each, cheap insurance. And easily concealed - hardwired.
cheaper insurance too.
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