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Hi guys,
Friends wife had her car keys stolen from work yesterday , so he wants to put a kill switch in it just in case.. Its a 93 Laser..
Can anyone tell me the best and easiest way to put in some kind of switch, what sort of switch to get , and what sort of thing you would wire it into??
I would stick with a nice stiff toggle switch. The fuel pump should be back with the tank .... mount the switch somwhere very hidden (not under the dash)
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Sorry bout all the q's but I found this switch which seems perfect except it has an LED, if I hid it somewhere well enough , do you think the LED would matter , or poss. it only comes on when the switch is on, Im no sure, but it's a neat looking switch
I have seen this!!!!!! You could also put in push button "kill switch" on/into the starter circuit. Have it within arm reach when you are sitting in the drivers seat, but well hidden.
A good point with dis-abling the fuel pump is that the engine will still crank. If the ignition is killed, no crank would point to a kill switch, other way looks like an engine fault.
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Yeah makes sense TopGhia, I was thinking that aswell, because if there is nothing at all, then the thief would look for the switch and maybe find it, but if she cranks, maybe they will think that the cars playing up..
Will the car start at all if the fuel pumps not working , even for a second with the fuel thats already in the line?
Nope....fuel will usually trickle back into tank.. thats why you hear the fuel pump pressurising the lines when you first turn your key.
In saying this though, if you turn it off, kill the pump and start it again, (in a short time frame) it will prob work for a second or so, but not long.
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