To bring up the kill switch discussions again...


I would like to install a hidden anti-theft doo-dad somewhere on my truck, so it doesn't get stolen out of my driveway. (It would be a very fast buck after it's parted out and the tools are all stolen on eBay...)


But what have people decided on as the best way to cut off the engine? I can imagine that it would be to interrupt the ignition signal with a switch somewhere under the dash or cigarette lighter or something... Anybody know if that would be possible?


Another idea that I remember being thrown around was to hook an override switch to the fuel solenoid... However, I fail to see how that would have any advantages over just interrupting the ignition. And has anybody decided on whether or not that can harm the injection pump?



Any words would be appreciated... I can't imagine that it could be too difficult of a thing to do...

 

My kill switch on my 98 gasser cut the fuel pump. Micro switch waaay under the dash did the trick

Rick

 

On most of my trucks I have installed a Mico Lock onto the front brakes in conjunction to the kill switch, my first unit I actually got off a Clark forklift and was part of the "incher brake"
My last truck I installed the manual one that has a lever that you flip from left to right,when you left the truck.
Then if for some chance someone did steal your truck, all is well till the first time he hits the service brakes and now he finds that the front brakes are LOCKED and is usually in the middle of the first intersection.
Just be sure you install an inconspicious indicator lamp so you do not forget.
If you wanted to get creative you could easly install solenoid bolts to lock the doors when it was tripped. I did a search and found a few articles that will help explain what I did.
The last manual lock I got from NAPA
Jim.
http://gmcmotorhomeinfo.com/BRKLOCK.html#MICO

 

On my '78 El Camino, I wired a kill switch to the seat belt. You had to put the seat belt into the clip in order to get juice to the coil..... how many thieves wear their seatbelts

Michael

 

I've had a kill switch on mine for 10 years now - replaced it 4 times due to wearing out the switch. It is located under the dash and difficult to find if you don't know where it is. It intrupts the starter relay wire so the truck acts dead when turned off - works great.

Bob

 

It would be pretty easy to wire a switch to the shut down solenoid. Just spend money on a good switch and put it somewhere it won't be tripped while driving.

 

I put a switch in the loop to the fuel shut off solinoid and hid it under the dash, just make sure it is of high quality and don't forget to turn on before starting.

Ive been running this set up for some time now with no problems. Just don't forget where it's installed or no go.

I did this after somebody broke into my truck. I also use the truck club had the vin number etched in the all glass and signed up for a program that gives you some stickers to apply to the rear window and front windshield and it gives the police the right to stop you and ask for your registration anytime between 1am and 5am also they can stop you anytime when you are within a couple of miles of the mexican border. Here in the Phoenix area it is only a 3 hr drive to the border. Life sucks when you have to protect you stuff all the time

Jim

 

If you are a non smoker, you can use your cigarette lighter for an anti theft device. When the lighter is pushed in, your rig will start. Pulled out and the connection is broken, so no start. Of course you must wire the cigarette lighter into the ignition.

 

That would be pretty radical. Effective, but radical. Hope it doesn't have power windows when the odd electrical snafu traps you inside!

 

I have thoght of installing a switch of some kind- either in line with the clutch switch or the shut off solenoid. But, I dont have anything anyone around here would steal (diesel, old, no power, etc) YET. After the paint, maybe. I still think I'd do it in line with the shut off solenoid. Crank to your heart's content, wake up the neighborhood, etc.

Daniel

 

One on the wire heading to the starter relay will do it!
I can attest that this does work like a charm! Two things though, don't put it where a teenage girl can kick it to "off" accidently and tell any future owners so they don't spend a fun morning under the truck in the pouring rain swapping out a perfectly good starter...

 

If your in the pull cable club, You can just leave it pulled out and no starty starty. It's even worked on me a couple of times.

 

I have an interrupt on the negative off of the battery on my dump truck (not my cummins mind you). It's hidden way underneath the truck, and a switch under a slit in the carpet renders the whole truck electrically dead when tripped. Adds a few extra feet of cable, but very effective and hard to find.

 

I've had that same thought, but would take quite a big switch, or a solenoid on a seperate circuit. I would think it's overkill.

Wouldn't it loose your radio presets every time you switched it off?

 

Why not just take the rotor out of the distributor?