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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6308   
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for those that know me might 'what's he on about now'.....
anyhow as the title suggests - security. has anyone tried stuffing bananas up the exhaust (I'm thinking Beverly Hill Cop here so I don't know whether it'll stop the car from working or not)........ I wasn't actually thinking of stuffing bananas up the exhaust to stop it being stolen but I was thinking something similar ie a metal plug with lock that once rotated protrudes a couple of pins into a couple of holes drilled into the exhaust. granted the end of the exhaust could be chopped off etc but its another layer and I wouldn't think it would cost too much. this might be a project for Xeng and I may have just lost out on making a fortune. this wouldn't work of most cars but once again it shows how versatile the defender is 
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11th Oct 2013 6:40am |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6105  
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I would see the problem with this, is the engine would still start (until the exhaust system got fully pressurised), and the the thief would gun it down the road (Assuming he'd got past any other locks etc), with the turbo pumping at 16 ish psi, once the whole exhaust system got fully pressurised, that gas has to go somewhere.... either stalling the engine (hopefully), or bursting the pipe, or knackering the turbo.
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11th Oct 2013 6:46am |
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| borderterrier Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1677 
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Maybe a mechanical lock which can secure the transfer box in neutral
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11th Oct 2013 6:51am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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^^^ but then you could roll it away
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11th Oct 2013 7:04am |
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| borderterrier Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1677
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But not drive it away. Layers of security, rather than any single solution seems to be the way ahead.
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11th Oct 2013 7:30am |
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| rossy Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Co. Roscommon Posts: 1296  
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Yes, or vertically with a Chinook. Come on Caterham - think harder ! |
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11th Oct 2013 7:45am |
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| Go Beyond Member Since: 30 Jan 2012 Location: Headcorn, Kent Posts: 6678
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Years ago you used to be able to buy something similar that had a siren built in, when you started the engine the exhaust gasses would spin the siren
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11th Oct 2013 9:16am |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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...or perhaps one of those mechanical Harley sirens that take their drive from rubbing on a tyre... Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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11th Oct 2013 10:23am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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Afew years ago a friend of mine fitted a back up siren independent of the main alarm on his vehicle but set by use of the alarm fob, he could set and disable both systems at once. |The siren was designed for a foreign security company that had no interest in the offender welfare and the system was reported to have cause severe damage to peoples hearing and mental state.. A thief did take his vehicle one night after disabling the main alarm, the back up had a delay of 2 minutes my friend was woken up by the alarm sounding and the Police had no problem finding the vehicle or the thief who was laid out in the road, it took six months for him to get some hearing back. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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11th Oct 2013 1:46pm |
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| sat13 Member Since: 06 Jun 2010 Location: Cheshire Posts: 70 
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This is a working prototype of my transfer lever security cover. It locks down over the transfer lever which can be in the neutral position. It only takes a few seconds to fit in place, but very hard to remove to get access to the lever. Obviously padlocks can be cut off and hasps can be cut through but that takes time, all part of the layered security which seems to be the most effective way. It took me months to design and build it, (limited workshop facilities now retired). Could do with somebody like XEng who have got the manufacturing capability to come up with something along these lines. I think there would be a market for it if only as part of a layered set up.
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11th Oct 2013 2:50pm |
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