Disabling my Landy

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Having seen a few too many posts on stolen landys and seeing as I'll be going on holiday soon - leaving the Landy on the driveway - what is the best way to intentionally disable the engine?

I figure on leaving the transfer box in neutral and to make my own life easy, remove key fuses - but which ones should I remove?
 
If it's diesel there's not much point, a couple of wires and it's running, better to put it on stands, take the prop off or leave it a mates.
 
As has been said fuses are easy to replace/bypass especially if its a diesel. Battery isolator is good provided the back of it is enclosed and difficult to get to. I have even seen one with a padlock hasp covering the isolator as the key is fairly common.

All you can hope to do is make it difficult and put the thieves off. Otherwise you are into wheelclamps, chaining etc.
 
Make or print a sticker that reads "vehicle fitted with tracker" the sort that nicks thease vehicles wont want the police following them around as they will find the other ones they have nicked
 
What about the old trick of leaving a Haynes manual on the passenger seat open at the engine section with the fuse panel left open....?
 
if youre really that worried about it , put it on stands and remove the wheels ....although that wont stop a hiab ....park it as far from the road as possib;le then park something else between it and the road , preferably a sherman tank.........
for normal day to day security i would recommend a clutch claw and / or a disklok
 
I have a cut off switch, 2 krook lock type things, a great big chain round the steering wheel and one attached to the a ground anchor. As tesco say every little helps, it all slows the thiefs down.
 
wire a battery threw the steering wheel. that should shock them. though i think if you killed them you would not have a leg to stand on in the man slorter case that will follow.

on a serious note.

remove the props, battery, wheel.
 
Most simple way to do it is a hidden battery isolator switch. It's not the perfect solution but it will definitely slow most thieves down.
 
take a wheel off and leave it on axle stands, remove an outer wing, drop the headling down, and leave a few rusty bits of steel sheet leaning next to it - the thieving bastards will think it's a right shed and leave it alone - mine was parked up in similar states by my lock up last year and even when I left the doors unlocked for a few days ( forgot to lock em manually - battery went flat) no bugger touched it
 
as u may have read - mine was nicked couple weeks back. they deffo lifted it up (hiab or flatbed n winch). if they is doin that then theres not a lot u can do apart from making it difficult to get to. a tracker seems best option to me, so least u have a chance of getting it back
 
fook me, where are you lot living!!!
thievin bastids with hiabs after old landys
so glad I live in mid wales, no bugger looks twice at ya landy
 
Get a tracker connected to GSM network. Will ring your cellphone if someone tampers with it, you can track the car, and disable the engine from your phone.

No, I don't have one on my landies. When in odd places, got a couple of guys snoring close by with AK47s, though. So far it seems to work...
 
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