Defender

[Robotstar5]

I had a multilock fitted to my defender, locks the transfer lever in neutral, doesn't stop it being towed away, but can't be driven.

 

[brewdexta]

The hillside where I live is almost Defender free due to the robbing scumbags. Some neigbours of ours had immobolisers, pedal doo dahs, alarms and had it behind locked gates - gone in the morning including the kiddie seats - we ended up running their kids to nursery. Only explanation we could think of was a lorry with a hiab but they are not exactly quiet - maybe they are using stealth technology

I sold my ex Army defender 90 about 5 years ago, wish I still had it, the Disco is more confortable but very expensive to run, however the Defender is probably in bits on the continent by now.

 

[TAITSIE]

Only so much security you can fit before it takes you ten minutes to get into the thing and get it started, lol

 

[gordon stephenson]

A mate of mine bought a new Land Rover a few years back, Scrotes broke into his house just to find the keys, took the biig steel steering wheel cover off and drove away, It was found on waste land at Skelton industrial estate a few weeks later,Every mortal thing had stripped off it,bare chassis with the 4 wheels still on but only held by one slack nut each, they must have been disturbed or they would have soon had the wheels off too.

 

[Wedg1e]

I worked in car security/ audio in the early 90s when Cleveland was one of the worst places on the planet for car theft... we used to get monthly bulletins via the trade about the lengths the scrotes had gone to in order to pinch something. A couple that stick in mind... Porsche 911 parked on the forecourt of a big house, blocked in by several other vehicles and behind substantial, locked gates. Had a Vecta immobiliser (the daddy at the time) fitted.
Scrotey-boys broke into a local factory, pinched the forklift, ignored the gates and rammed the garden wall, lifted various cars out of the way and finally the 911 out onto a waiting trailer. Nobody saw or heard a thing

Motorbikes were also disappearing (in fact in London they still are) at an alarming rate... when the Police finally raided one of those 'under the arches' type places they impounded a number of vehicles, including a refrigerated 7.5-tonner. Fridge insulation does a great job of masking the sound of alarm sirens...

 

[johniban]

Thanks
Yes the corded remote plugs into the solenoid box but I will be fitting a wireless remote system soon.

If i was you i would move the solonoid box up inside the engine bay, on the bulk head or something, there was a post on the difflock forum a while ago where theives/scumbags wrote off a 10 plate 110 defender, it had a winch on the front, they pulled the cable out and pulled it over the top of the car and attched it to the tow bar then bridged the terminals out on the solonoid and crushed the car :/
i cant find a link but im sure it was a 10 plate black 110
i moved mine on the disco to the bulkhead just for security as if someone was too steal the winch they would have to cut the cables and buy a new solonoid pack to run it anyway

 

[johniban]

isnt the defender battery under the drivers seat?
you could easily fit a battery cut off switch under the dash near your left or right foot ect where only you would know where it was to cut the vehicles power supply

 

[madkayaker]

Problem is all the low life's know where security can be fitted and how to get round them. You can only hope to slow them down

 

[johniban]

Best thing i had on my landrover was the cut off switch, easy mod and easily hid, and i just left the doors unlocked, if someone wanted to see whats inside they could save me paying for a new window.
Or defenders you can get window mesh, like the snatch defenders ect

 

[dannyp]

i used to have a one way valve and a line lock bypassing it on the clutch
so untill the line lock had power you just pumped up the clutch if tryed to drive it

 

[Dev]

You can get a gps-gsm module that you connect into the wiring loom. With a text message you can enable or disable the fuel pump.
The same unit can text you if it moves, say if it's in a long stay carpark, and you can get its gps co ordinates. Easy enough to hide a wee box the size of a deck of cards.

 

[madkayaker]

That's fine for new ecu controlled stuff but for tdi its a standard 12v stop solinoid so they are easily bypassed

 

[Robotstar5]

That's fine for new ecu controlled stuff but for tdi its a standard 12v stop solinoid so they are easily bypassed

I could start my old turbo diesel armed only with a 17mm spanner!

 

[Shox Dr]

I had a 90 I'd spent 9 months rebuilding to my needs. It wouldn't start unless you put it in reverse, with your foot on the brake pedal, because of relays in the ignition circuit

And a battery cutoff/isolator.

It didn't stop them from stealing it.

 

[johniban]

I could start my old turbo diesel armed only with a 17mm spanner!

wouldnt even need that, bit of wire and a bump start, wont go in to detail obviously, bestr thing for the pump is to weld a cover over it and some tube for the wire to go in

 

[Lacy]

What tyres do you have fitted? What size? They look like a decent set of A/T's

 

[TAITSIE]

Bridgestone 33x12.50x15