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#71 XJINTX

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Posted 23 January 2016 - 12:21 PM

I am not trying to SNARK this thread but I have read what I think is most all of this post... but I did not seem to see how his Truck and Camper were stolen? Was there a break-in of the camper for access to a set of keys? Was the truck somehow hot wired or something and the camper was collateral damage? My F250 has Ford's OEM security keypad security but I don't really think it would keep a professional thief out... just honest people honest :(


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#72 daverave

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Posted 02 February 2016 - 05:11 PM

I am not trying to SNARK this thread but I have read what I think is most all of this post... but I did not seem to see how his Truck and Camper were stolen? Was there a break-in of the camper for access to a set of keys? Was the truck somehow hot wired or something and the camper was collateral damage? My F250 has Ford's OEM security keypad security but I don't really think it would keep a professional thief out... just honest people honest :(

 

Bumped because I'm curious about how this rig was stolen also. Security...just another thing for me to figure out with my new Hawk...


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#73 jackattack

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Posted 02 February 2016 - 05:22 PM

The truck is still in the wind. No way to know how it was stolen, unless it's recovered.

 

Real bummer.


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#74 Squatch

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Posted 09 February 2016 - 09:07 AM

So sorry to hear about your truck. I followed the whole build starting from way before you had it on Expo. Hopefully the Insurance company doesn't rake you over the coals too much. At least you have plenty of online documentation of all the mods and money spent.

 

XJINTX when he was in high school my son walked up to a friends car with a keypad and asked him how many digits it needed. He punched in a sequence and opened it up 1st time. Lucky guess but it happens.

 

Back in the days when cars had carbs we would install a locking fuel shut off in the floor under the front seat. They worked great. The car if stolen would run just long enough to get stuck out in the road a couple of blocks away. Thieves don't hang around when that happens. I'm sure the things would still work on fuel injection as the car wouldn't even start with no fuel pressure. But would probably make the computer on new ones go whacko. Same for locking battery cutoffs under the hood. I've used those too. My OBD1 truck has a computer but it's just an ECM and couldn't care less if it doesn't have power when not running.

 

Pulling the fuel pump relay is also a decent way to shut down a parked vehicle in a pinch.


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#75 Happyjax

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Posted 09 February 2016 - 01:32 PM

I have 2 kill switches wired in. One to the brake pedal sensor which prevents my truck from being taken out of park and the other is wired into my ignition to prevent the starter from working. 

That brake pedal one is a cool idea. Never heard of that one before. I had an ignition switch once upon a time. It worked but with the newer alarms I never thought about getting a backup device. I will in my new rig :)


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#76 Freebird

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Posted 09 February 2016 - 03:59 PM

Mods,
Somewhere along the way should this be split off into a "vehicle theft prevention" thread?
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#77 Kolockum

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Posted 16 February 2016 - 09:58 PM

Any update?
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Posted 03 July 2016 - 09:10 PM

Wow....I did a search on Hadley to see what he was up to and found this, gut wrenching. 

 

The same week I got my camper, I had one of these put on so at least the vehicle could not be driven off. Luckily I have never needed it and and hope to not have to but least the truck is not at all able to start without it installed:

 

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Posted 03 July 2016 - 10:07 PM

I added this to my rig shortly after reading about Hadley.  I researched a number of options, and this seemed to be the best.  Better to try to prevent theft in the first place rather than track after the fact.


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Posted 04 July 2016 - 10:11 PM

I had the Ravelco installed in February. Peace of mind when F-250's and F-350 are 2 of the top stolen vehicles in the US.

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