Security:

[Grim 82]

Wire up a floor dimmer kill switch to the coil. That would slow down if not completely deter someone from getting it running. Humvee's are equipped with cables that you wrap around the steering wheel and padlock. That never stopped anybody from messing with your vehicle, but at least they weren't able to joyride it around post and leave it somewhere. Really I think your best bet is to always park next to a nicer, more valuable vehicle and hope they take that instead, or go with the Springfield. I prefer the .40s&w.

[beastie_3]

In 5 years, I dont think I ever saw a HMMWV with its cable locked.

[Grim 82]

I didn't either until one got jacked at NTC. Luckily they didn't get the SINCGARS out of it. Oops wouldn't even begin to describe misplacing that piece of equipment.

[beastie_3]

They leave them in? Wow. We never left a vehicle unattended unless all the comm, weapons and ammo were out of it.

[Grim 82]

I guess they left the comm in when they had their trucks shipped in by rail. Somebody relocated it from the staging area when they got in. It wasn't one of our trucks but we all got the spiel about cable locks, PMCS, etc, etc. Whenever we had our vehicles meet us at the training site we had everything connexed. We couldn't even leave the pioneer kits on a vehicle, and we always had an advance party to check them in. They should have had it bike cabled to a HEMTT

[Irish_Alley]

Stew I just saw, well tonight an episode on efinn science on g4 it was these guys made there own security system and I thought of you. one was they had a amp of some sort and when someone didn't turn it off and tried to take off it would send out a sound of 148 des. Then they took a cell phone and wired it to the ECM or in our case the distributor via the vibrator motor in the phone and when they called the phone it would open the circuit by triggering a relay and kill the car. And the last one was they made an ejector seat

[Stewart G Griffin]

Stew I just saw, well tonight an episode on efinn science on g4 it was these guys made there own security system and I thought of you. one was they had a amp of some sort and when someone didn't turn it off and tried to take off it would send out a sound of 148 des. Then they took a cell phone and wired it to the ECM or in our case the distributor via the vibrator motor in the phone and when they called the phone it would open the circuit by triggering a relay and kill the car. And the last one was they made an ejector seat

That's all cool, but for now i need an example of how to lock a hood down.   This is a 81-87(91) style frontend.

[Irish_Alley]

Stew remember locks are meant to keep honest people honest.

[beastie_3]

So honest people get into something because there is no lock? I know what you mean by it, though.

[Stewart G Griffin]

Stew remember locks are meant to keep honest people honest.

And they are meant to slow or stop the thieves, in my opinion.

[VileZambonie]

It may deter what I'd call an opportunist but it definitely won't stop a thief or barely slow them down.  JCWhitney used to sell locking hood latch key locks that were direct fit. I doubt if they do anymore.

Here's a universal one http://www.amazon.com/Megatronix-Mechanical-Cable-Ignition-Interrupt/dp/B000U39REC

[fitz]

  This is strange, I've just seen one of these for the first time at the car auction last week. It took me a minute to figure out what it was. I was thinking wow, this is old technology. It was on a 76 Monte Carlo,it was probable cutting edge technology back then (they also had a 75 vette with the lock on the front left fender).
  If you read the add closely they claim that a vehicle has never been stolen by defeating this device. I'm sure that many vehicles were stolen just by towing them away, without touching this device.

[Stewart G Griffin]

i'm probably going to get a boot and possibly 4 boots.  i'd like to discuss mostly mechanical type theft devices for now----such as clubs, collars etc.

[Lt.Del]

i'm probably going to get a boot and possibly 4 boots.

speaking of boots, heck, find out where your local city gets those boots they put on parking ticket violators and order yourself one.  Modify the lock so that your kind, honest city worker can't take it off. That way the truck isn't going anywhere.

[Grim 82]

Get personalized plates that say CORLEONE.

When thieves see that you're a made man they won't mess with your ride