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Subject:Re: Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
From:JRodgers
Date:Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:14:02 -0500

Rust works. I saw an early VW bus put up on a rack in Anchorage, AK
once. When the hoist lifted - the front and the back of the van visibly
sagged!! The shop then refused to work on it. The owner refused to come
and get it out of disgust. Nobody else wanted it. The shop had it
removed to the Junkyard. It was scrapped, crushed, an shipped to Japan
or somewhere.

John

On 6/24/2014 8:37 AM, Jim Akiba wrote:
> In the Northeast, Brady and I use rust as a deterrent. Our vans are so
> likely to fall apart as the perp takes them, that they stay safe.
> Luckily the only theft either one of us had was datalogging equipment
> stolen when the van was parked in town overnight one time.
>
> That sucked but much better than the whole van being gone. For Bostigs
> pre-group 8 they can take the PATs key with them (RFID chip key) and
> it is impossible to run the engine, or you can always pop the crank
> position sensor connector off and the same thing... crank but no
> start.
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Roger Barkley <rvbarkley4347@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On my automatic 84 Westy, I just installed a hidden switch that interrupted
>> the park/neutral switch in the shift console.  Use male and female spade
>> wire connectors and its just unplug and plug in.
> .
>