Switchs and more

[emerystora]

>In a message dated 6/7/00 11:44:38 AM US Eastern Standard Time,

>
> Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 12:52:18 -0400
> From: Ronald Kazi
> Subject: Re: GMC: Kill Switches and Thieves
>
> What exactly do you do for a living, Mark and where were you on the night of
>the
> 5th???????
> >>
>How do you think I got such a nice GMC.
>
>No really, I spent part of my youth in Yonkers, NY, as an expensive foreign
>car mechanic. I've seen all types of damage from car thieves.

Mark - I lived in the NY City area for 9 years from 1965 to 1974.
Once I broke down on the Long Island Expressway and I was under the
front hood checking things out and I heard a noise from the back of
the car. I walked around the car and someone was jacking up the
rear. I said "what are you doing" and they replied "thats ok, you
take care of the front, we only want the rear wheels".

Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Santa Fe, NM

 

[steve canyon]

Hi Mark,

I'd like to hear about that switch. How do you arrange the time delay etc.

Thanks

> How do you think I got such a nice GMC.
>
> No really, I spent part of my youth in Yonkers, NY, as an expensive foreign
> car mechanic. I've seen all types of damage from car thieves. If you want
> some stories just ask. But I hate thieves, and I don't deal well with theft.
> If you want I can describe the fuel shutoff system I'm talking about. If
> the switch and valve are well hidden it will always work. I have personal
> knowledge of thieves abandoning a car when it quit in traffic.
> Hoppy Camping
> Mark A

 

[ronald b. kazi]

Mark-

I lived in Scarsdale and my parents probably brought their expensive foreign cars
to you. I like the sounds of your cutoff system. Is it basically a relay tied
into the brake lights. When brake is pressed, relay activates then deactivates
when ignition is turned on, is that basically it?

Ron

> In a message dated 6/7/00 11:44:38 AM US Eastern Standard Time,

>
> Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 12:52:18 -0400
> From: Ronald Kazi
> Subject: Re: GMC: Kill Switches and Thieves
>
> What exactly do you do for a living, Mark and where were you on the night of
> the
> 5th???????
> >>
> How do you think I got such a nice GMC.
>
> No really, I spent part of my youth in Yonkers, NY, as an expensive foreign
> car mechanic. I've seen all types of damage from car thieves. If you want
> some stories just ask. But I hate thieves, and I don't deal well with theft.
> If you want I can describe the fuel shutoff system I'm talking about. If
> the switch and valve are well hidden it will always work. I have personal
> knowledge of thieves abandoning a car when it quit in traffic.
> Hoppy Camping
> Mark A

 

[al chernoff]

>I would like info on kill switchl
al

>In a message dated 6/7/00 11:44:38 AM US Eastern Standard Time,

>
> Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 12:52:18 -0400
> From: Ronald Kazi
> Subject: Re: GMC: Kill Switches and Thieves
>
> What exactly do you do for a living, Mark and where were you on the night of
>the
> 5th???????
> >>
>How do you think I got such a nice GMC.
>
>No really, I spent part of my youth in Yonkers, NY, as an expensive foreign
>car mechanic. I've seen all types of damage from car thieves. If you want
>some stories just ask. But I hate thieves, and I don't deal well with theft.
> If you want I can describe the fuel shutoff system I'm talking about. If
>the switch and valve are well hidden it will always work. I have personal
>knowledge of thieves abandoning a car when it quit in traffic.
>Hoppy Camping
>Mark A

 

[dave mumert]

A few years ago a friend and I were commissioned to look after a friends
house while he wnt on a 3 week honeymoon. We were detrimined to come up
with a practical joke that was more original tahn stuffing his bathroom with
crumpled up newpaper.

This guy religiously took a shower each nite before bed. We built a small
temperature sensor and mounted it close to the hot water pipe going to the
shower. When the pipe got hot it tripped the sensor which rang the
doorbell. It also rang the doorbell when it cooled off, of course he was in
bed by that time. He had a number of very frustrating evenings before he
figured it out.

It should be possible to use a similar system to disable the GMC. A
temperature switch in the coolant could be used to short out the ignition
when the coolant reached a preset temperature.

Dave