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Inertia Switch Security System For Cars And Pickups
Don’t spend hundreds of dollars on a security system for your car or pickup when you can keep it theft-proof for less than $5 and a few minutes work. Every car today has an inertia switch on the fuel pump. It ensures the pump stops if there has been a crash. Sometimes it goes off if you hit too big a pothole. To turn it back on, you have to hit a switch. Sometimes the reset is inside under the dash. On my 1997 F-150, it’s under the passenger side of the dash.
  Once you find the wire that goes to the reset switch, splice in wire to a second switch. Mount that switch elsewhere under the dash or out of sight, but easily reached by the driver.
  If you have to leave your vehicle in a high theft area, hit the second switch. If someone tries to steal your car, they won’t be able to start it. (Ronald Krentz, 9108 S. Timberline Terrace, Inverness, Fla. 34452 ph 352 341-0612)


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2013 - Volume #37, Issue #4