60 Security and Anti Theft Measures
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I've got a kill switch too, which I discovered recently. Under the dashboard, near the fuse box.
It seems to disable the glow plug system and prevent the air intake valve from opening.
It seems to disable the glow plug system and prevent the air intake valve from opening.
NLXTACY
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Rust holes and mismatched doors seem to be working pretty well for me.
Sure didn't work for me
Plus another thread on the topic: https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/439151-recovering-stolen-fj60-what-i-learned.html
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fuel shut off valve also works. Inline on the fuel system. Close it when parked. Someone tries to steal the truck it will start and run, for about a minute then die. They will think this old piece of s*** is not worth stealing!
I had an idea while reading these posts. I found an old kill switch near the hood release. It's disconnected. I'm thinking wiring it to my horn so if someone "flips" it the horn would sound. I realize all they need to do is flip it again, but it might startle them enough to run. I could also install an actual kill switch and place it in another location. Any thought?
That's a good idea - wonder if you could wire it to a timer relay so once activated, it would sound for 20 secs or so... ?
My wife and I literally have one car that is exclusively for taking the dog to the park and parking at Bart, Coliseum none the less (Bart = the commuter train for you outta towners). I try and never street park my rig or always use the CLUB when I do... Hell even in my driveway I use the club.
Has anyone tried this tracker buried deep in the truck? When your rig gets boosted you take your pitbull and your 12 gauge (if you're in Oakland, Chicago or Detroit otherwise take local PD) to get your rig back.
Spy Tec STI_GL300 Mini Portable Real Time GPS Tracker
I’ve considered that wired into a small back-up battery that would still power the device even if the main batteries are disconnected.
I want something that doesn't cost $25/month for 'monitoring'.
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I have used the SPOT trace on things (SPOT Trace, Anti-Theft Tracking Device | SPOT). With the hardwire battery connector you can hide it. $150/yr for monitoring. I think ideally some sort of kill switch along with a tracking device is the best bet.
I think you guys are overthinking this.
The subscription is really 1 of 2 things that you get.... 1 is 'mapping'to tell you exactly what road/cross street the vehicle would be at and/or 2 is an encoded signal.
You can get gos trackers for pretty inexpensive- like a Tile key GPS tracker, or even build your own with a raspberry Pi - then you're talking about nearly endless options of what you could use the Pi for, GPS being just one.
The subscription is really 1 of 2 things that you get.... 1 is 'mapping'to tell you exactly what road/cross street the vehicle would be at and/or 2 is an encoded signal.
You can get gos trackers for pretty inexpensive- like a Tile key GPS tracker, or even build your own with a raspberry Pi - then you're talking about nearly endless options of what you could use the Pi for, GPS being just one.
Security and anti theft? Sorry, couldn't resist... BUT, 1/2"12VDC Electric Aux Fuel Tank Valve for Trucks Gasoline Diesel 12 Volt DC | eBay and a hidden toggle switch
will only take your 60 as far as one bowl of fuel.
will only take your 60 as far as one bowl of fuel.
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They make a 6 month extra battery set up that lives in a fairly large Pelican case.
Years later….. when you sell your rig, all the anti theft stuff that you so cleverly engineered into it will become an F-ing nightmare to the new owner.
Case in point:
I bought my’87 FJ60 in 2008 from a friend of mine. He was an electrical engineer of some kind and when he sold me the truck, he told me that underneath the fuse box lid was a toggle switch and a tiny button. These were to control the AT system. He told me that “off” was really “on”, and that if I ever disconnected the battery, it would short circuit the starting system and cause the horn to blast off and on, etc. Now I forgot to tell you that I live on a farm, 13 miles from the nearest town. We leave the keys in most of our vehicles here. So the anti theft system in my rig has been never been a problem until now. The tiny button that was supposedly a reset button, I’ve had to press while turning the key to start the engine. About 6 months ago the plastic cap on the button popped off, revealing a very small spring that had a plastic pin, or plunger inside it. No problem, I just had to be careful when pressing it. Well, I’m sure you can guess that the spring finally boinged out! And into the snow and mud that’s on the ground here in March.
The button was useless and broken so I clipped the wires that were attached to the back. I thought maybe I could twist the two wires together and perhaps that would fix it. Nope. Not at all. I can see the wires disappearing into the space covered by the plastic panel against the wall.
Fortunately a friend of mine who has rebuilt several FJ60s and is kind of an off the books mechanic, is coming over soon to put a new starter in it. He said he can hopefully figure it out. I’m crossing my fingers. Especially after reading the comments here I am wondering if anyone can figure this one out. My friend who sold me the rig, and installed all the anti theft stuff, has destroyed his mind by almost drinking himself to death, so I can’t get any information from him. He also installed a 12” sub woofer in the rear inside panel, a big black power amp under the driver seat, and a small black gizmo under the fuse box that has a plug with a bunch of wires coming out, and heading to who knows where.
If you’re still reading this, thanks, I know I’m almost ranting! But my point is this: whatever crazy stuff you do to your Landy, someday, someone will have to undo it. And it might be a huge problem for them. Like the problem I’m having now can be traced back to 1987. The person who thought it up didn’t leave any instructions, bypass directions, nothing at all. Now nobody could steal it unless they towed it away. It’s dead in the barn now.
Case in point:
I bought my’87 FJ60 in 2008 from a friend of mine. He was an electrical engineer of some kind and when he sold me the truck, he told me that underneath the fuse box lid was a toggle switch and a tiny button. These were to control the AT system. He told me that “off” was really “on”, and that if I ever disconnected the battery, it would short circuit the starting system and cause the horn to blast off and on, etc. Now I forgot to tell you that I live on a farm, 13 miles from the nearest town. We leave the keys in most of our vehicles here. So the anti theft system in my rig has been never been a problem until now. The tiny button that was supposedly a reset button, I’ve had to press while turning the key to start the engine. About 6 months ago the plastic cap on the button popped off, revealing a very small spring that had a plastic pin, or plunger inside it. No problem, I just had to be careful when pressing it. Well, I’m sure you can guess that the spring finally boinged out! And into the snow and mud that’s on the ground here in March.
The button was useless and broken so I clipped the wires that were attached to the back. I thought maybe I could twist the two wires together and perhaps that would fix it. Nope. Not at all. I can see the wires disappearing into the space covered by the plastic panel against the wall.
Fortunately a friend of mine who has rebuilt several FJ60s and is kind of an off the books mechanic, is coming over soon to put a new starter in it. He said he can hopefully figure it out. I’m crossing my fingers. Especially after reading the comments here I am wondering if anyone can figure this one out. My friend who sold me the rig, and installed all the anti theft stuff, has destroyed his mind by almost drinking himself to death, so I can’t get any information from him. He also installed a 12” sub woofer in the rear inside panel, a big black power amp under the driver seat, and a small black gizmo under the fuse box that has a plug with a bunch of wires coming out, and heading to who knows where.
If you’re still reading this, thanks, I know I’m almost ranting! But my point is this: whatever crazy stuff you do to your Landy, someday, someone will have to undo it. And it might be a huge problem for them. Like the problem I’m having now can be traced back to 1987. The person who thought it up didn’t leave any instructions, bypass directions, nothing at all. Now nobody could steal it unless they towed it away. It’s dead in the barn now.
One more thing I have always been curious about is why would anyone want to steal a vehicle that tops out at 65mph more or less, gets 12 mpg, is famous for being slow, as well as cool. I think I’ve been living in the country a very long time now(27 years). I do remember having the radio stolen, ripped out of the dashboard of my old 1974 Peugeot 504 diesel, right in my underground parking garage. But that was in the eighties. And in Southern California.
a landy!??!!! most of us in here have land cruisers, not land rovers
yup, p.o.'s wiring can be a $h!t show nightmare. i'd suggest getting a fsm wiring schematic n deleting anything that isn't oem. then wire it up as oem. good luckyou answered your question with one word, cool
Thanks. The guy who is coming out here tomorrow has a fsm manual I’m pretty sure. He has rebuilt 7 or8 FJ60s. The guy I bought the truck from had designed his own system. He told me a lot of things about it, but it was all kind of over my head as I’m not an electrical guy at all, even though I can connect simple wires, and wrench on stuff. Yeah, we’re going to have to work backwards from the ignition and fuse box, etc. I’m not looking forward to it at all, but I gotta get it done. Once it’s fixed, it’ll be running smoothly again. Until the next thing breaks.a landy!??!!! most of us in here have land cruisers, not land rovers
