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kevshore



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Another layer of security


As a mechanic, it has always bugged me that considering car thieves often use the OBD socket to steal a car, that manufacturers put it in such an accessible place.
I have this afternoon, moved mine into the upper glove box and it can now be locked with the 'valet' function, when leaving the car.
Simple job. Buy an OBD extension cable and route behind the dash.

Just to confuse them more, add a dummy OBD socket in the originals place, wiring up the ground and battery feed. It looks like its connected then, but no communication. Laughing

Image isn't very good, but you get the idea....
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ur20v



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A Trap 

Ingenious!
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GGDR



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You could run a few Volts through the pins of the dummy socket as a little gift for the device that's lucky enough to end up in your car unannounced....



. Cheers, Greg
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good idea.. Thumbs Up
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kevshore



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I had considered that. But one day someone legit will accidentally plug into it.....
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Ingenious until you told the world!!
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kevshore



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Lets not help each other then, in fear of the chance of a thief finding this post and finding the one in a million car, with it fitted.
Wink Laughing
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I like that a lot Cool
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Quote easy to add a covert kill switch too, perhaps on the transmission controller.

In the 70;s my Dad would whip the HT lead off the coil if he ever left the car somewhere iffy.

. Cheers, Greg
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life was much simpler then greg , good times Wink
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ur20v wrote:
Ingenious!

Ditto Filters are in fact so good that in certain circumstances, when the ambient air is already polluted, a diesel car will tend to extract more particles from the air than it emits. Emissions Analytics worked with........etc etc

He who dies with the most toys wins...
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gonna_go_double_r wrote:


In the 70;s my Dad would whip the HT lead off the coil if he ever left the car somewhere iffy.

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In the 70s I used to take the rotor arm out if somewhere iffy. Cool John
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ur20v



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A Trap 

In the 70’s I used to carry a rotor arm and HT lead in my pocket just in case I needed to get home in a ‘abandoned’ car 😗
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Many years ago when I worked in Paris and had to leave my car in a station car park in the suburbs, I fitted my own secret cut-out switch. I took out the bits at the end of the car cigarette lighter and fitted a simple on/off push-button switch right at the end so that you could actuate it with a finger pushed into the cigarette lighter socket. The coil LT lead was connected across the switch.

With the cigarette lighter bit itself replaced, no one would know …

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I used to have a kill switch fitted to both my old cortina's...but then I did used to live in some very dodgy areas Smile Current
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