>>  >Does anyone have any clever prevention techniques?  I have our Westy
>>  >garaged, but this could happen at night while shopping or while biking
>>  >away from the campsite.

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>>I'm considering drilling the heads of the screws such that they won't
>>hold a screwdriver. Maybe not all of them -- just a couple, so the
>>thief will get stopped in the middle of his "removal". I'll have to
>>drill out those screws when *I* want to remove the grille, but that's
>>pretty simple.

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>How about a small micro switch behind the grill hooked up to a horn relay?
>Remove the grill and honk goes the horn.  It would be pretty easy to wire.

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Good idea.

And for those of us with security alarms, run a sensor wire to the
grille and trap it between the grille and the screw mounting point.
When the grille is pulled away from the body, the alarm siren goes on
right in his face.

He probably won't go anywhere with the grille, because the wires
headlight are still attached. The leash idea is a good back-up, just
in case he wants to give one big heave-ho to try to run off with it
when when the alarm/horn goes on.

Dave
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Dave Carpenter

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