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Subject:Re: A neat idea for vanagon protection
From:Christopher Diehl
Date:Mon, 16 Jan 1995 00:32:59 -0500 (EST)

On Sun, 15 Jan 1995, Stuart Hutton wrote:

> Sometime ago, I inquired about antitheft devices for the vanagon (diesels).
> Amazingly, I saw this in the newsgroup alt.revenge.  It seems that this same
> idea could be used on the diesel vanagons on the fuel pump, I think.  
> (I edited the header a bit to shorten it here)
> Stuart Hutton
> > From: tline@iglou.iglou.com (Tom Line)
> > Subject: Re: carthieves
> > 
> > ---------------------
> >                      |             circuit breaker amperage
> >                       -            should be higher than normal
> >     COIL ON CAR        |          current amount for the red wire. 
> >                       -
> >                      |                     ADD               12v normal
> >                      |* red wire --*-(CIRCUIT BREAKER)-------
> > ---------------------              |
> >                                  (TOGGLE       (hide breaker and 
> >                                   SWITCH) switch under seat?) 
> > WHEN TOGGLE SWITCH IS CLOSED        | 
> > CIRCUIT BREAKER BLOWS DISABLING   vehicle chassis 
> > THE COIL.                          (ground)
> >   
> > -- 
> > 
> > 	The AMAZING TOM LINE!
> > 
> > 
> 
     I own a diesel and I keep a pair of roller skates on the side of my
house just in case of such an emergency.
I tested this theory with my significant other and nine times out of ten I
beat her to the stop sign down the street.
    sorry couldn't help it,
             Diesel Head.

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