Date:         Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:16:39 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: SMART Keys and kill switches, fuel pump timer
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On 4/23/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote:
>
> There is an auto alarm company that has a wireless proximity sensor
> you hide under the dash or plastic of the steering column cover.   (I
> have misplaced their web link but I'll post it when I dig it up).


A guy I know at work glued a reed switch and a small steel plate side by
side behind the plastic of the steering column in his Chevy work van. The
reed switch triggers a relay which enables the starter circuit. He has a
small neodymium magnet on his key chain that sticks to the steel plate and
triggers the reed switch. There's nothing to indicate that a magnet would
even stick to this random spot, much less that you'd need one stuck there to
start the car!

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John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"