Posted on 02/26/2024 2:15:12 PM PST by grundle
Bingo!
Root cause right there.
On my Datsun cars I would remove the rotor from the distributor cap, and I had a cutoff switch under the dash. On my old Chevy I had a cutoff switch for the ignition and for the fuel pump - which worked against me if I took off without turning on the fuel pump and the engine would die a minute later.
Send them to Nigeria. I’ve seen the TV show on that, too.
First GM car was 1964-corvair. It was a brute in snow. Never needed snow tires with engine in rear and rear wheel drive.
I had very good luck with GM cars. Think my total repair bills from 1964 to 2022 Trax has been less than $1000 for 7 GM cars. Spent that amount on just 2 Ford cars during that period.
I had the brake pedal to steering wheel lock first. Now I still have it and in risky places I use both locks. The thief would need to cut steering wheel in several places.
Everywhere is.
I used a homemade ignition cutoff switch. I hid the switch under the dashboard. One night thieves tried to steal the car, and managed to push it about one-half block, but they could not get the engine to start. They did not find the switch.
“remove the fuel injection fuse.”
That didn’t stop the thieves
who stole my ‘85 5.0
convertable.
A neighbors video camera
showed a commercially branded
tow truck back up to the
driveway. While one of the
thieves readied the rigging,
the other slid under the car
and removed the driveshaft.
Less than a minute....the
car was never seen again.
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