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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Well, I've found a great way to stop thieves getting my car: Remove both carbs Drain the fuel tank Remove all the fuel hoses This may be a bit involved for general use in supermarket carparks, but you can't deny that my car is going NOWHERE for the time being! Daniel Baum 1969 Type 34 automatic http://www.qldesign.com/type34 > on 3/10/2002 4:42 PM, Shad Laws at shad@lnengineering.com wrote: > > > Hidden kill-switches are also useful, but often easier to figure out. The > > fuel pump relay falls into this category. You want a kill switch that ONLY > > kills the FI/ignition system - leave the lights, starter, etc. all > > functional, and it's a little harder to figure out. I knew someone who had > > a big van and installed a set of three inconspicuous 3-position rocker > > switches on his dash - it looked like fog lights or something. If they > > weren't "spelling the correct code," the ignition to the engine was gone > > :-). I have a kill switch mounted to my glovebox, which I can lock. > > Getting to the switch from the outside of the box is difficult/impossible > > with the A/C stuff in the way. Then again, breaking open the glove box > > isn't exactly a huge task, but just makes it that much more difficult to > > steal. > > The best one I have heard of is hooking a relay up to the generator light, > so that after the engine is started, and when the generator light goes out, > the power to the ignition gets killed. When the engine shuts off and slows > down a bit, the light comes back on, and so does the ignition so the engine > starts running again. This keeps on going like this, so it makes it seem > like the car just doesn't run very well to discourage thieves. All it needs > is a simple hidden switch to bypass the relay to make it run properly. > > HTH, > Ben Doughney > > '75 1200L > '63 1200 - Ringo > '71 1600TL > > http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>