Hi New member seeking some advice, we are looking for an immobiliser for our T2 Bay have you any recommendations Thanks
I think a tracker is probably a better bet, personally. If a celery wants your Bus they'll come with a low loader. If you put an immobilizer on you're messing with 50 year old electrics, ask @paulcalf.
Personally, I’d save your money. They are so easily stealable, that if they want it, they’ll take it. I’d go for a more visual deterrent if I was you.
Where will you be storing your van? Driveway, road, garage etc? Mine won't fit in the garage (the garage door is too low, but mostly because the garage is filled with other junk!), so it lives on my driveway. I've got one of those fold down security posts behind it which I use all the time, and then a wheel clamp if the camper isn't being used for a while or if I'm away. As said above, if someone wants it, they'll try and get it - but visually I hope mine looks like a more time consuming job, and might just put them off.
I’ve just submitted planning permission for a garage with a high enough door that I won’t have to slam the bus to get it in. Until that’s built, I park it behind my other car (which is modern enough it’s difficult to steal using the old methods and not so modern it’s a desirable target itself), so they can’t get the bus physically out without nicking both cars. I also use a crooklock type device, and when I drive the car away I put a wheel clamp on the bus. The perimeter is protected by CCTV cameras and the whole property is properly alarmed. A bit much? No - if I had my way there’d be automatic machine gun turrets and claymore mines but the wife tells me it’s frowned upon. Sigh.
Turn your wheelS to face the kerb tight when parking, Makes it hard to tow off or onto a flatbed. (low tech Immobiliser ) also....store up the repairs, and keep it looking ‘real’. that way...they might even bring it back with an apology note on the windscreen.
Best is good Agreed value insurance Them mechanical use the built in steering lock Engine lid lock Park another car in front and behind or up against a wall or a metal post In the ground. any electrical immobiliser can be bypassed in seconds if you get in the engine bay.
yes although the immobiliser wasn't actually the reason my engine cut out whilst driving, that was due to the ignition feed being on the fused side of the fuse box, rather than the unfused side where it can't cut out
Trick electrical wiring to a fuel shutoff solenoid. Take power wiring for it somewhere unexpected and put a switch there, stops driveaway after a few seconds.
take the rotor arm out of the engine when parked up, as others have said if they want they will have whatever you do unfortunately
^this. Install an engine lid lock if you haven't got one, engage the steering lock when you park the van.
How easy is it to fit a fuel cut off solenoid Mike? I've had one sat in the 'project box' for a couple of years.... is it a techenders job, if there's a friendly helping hand around?
Mine lives indoors. If it was outside I’d seriously consider taking wheels off for an extended layup.
Easy peasy! Even I managed it. Biggest problem is severing the fuel pipe to put the device in. Plenty of plastic tubs required!
