Date:         Wed, 1 Jan 2003 09:26:27 -0800
Reply-To:     Gregory Smith <budgetzagato@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Gregory Smith <budgetzagato@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      security ideas
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Hi all,
The recent question about anti-theft options got me
thinking too.

In addition to a valve in the fuel supply, manual or
not, I thought of another way.

The really, really important electric fuel pump is
powered via a relay, so why not install a simple
toggle switch (could even use a factory switch if
you've got room in your gauge binnacle) in a new relay
ground run to the front of the vehicle?  One could run
the wire from a connection in the relay set box,
parallel the harness to the front and then ground it
after the switch, essentially a one-wire install.  Use
a fat one if you're worried about voltage drop.  By
making the connection in the relay set box, it could
always be reversed if needed.

One could also install a switch in the fused power to
the pump near the fuse box if you had a limited supply
of wire.  Switching the ground seems safer though.

Gregory Smith
'84 Vanagon
Olympia, WA


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