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I'm interested in installing a kill switch. Is there a good one to order online or should I pick something up at the local parts store? I'm assuming it should be installed hidden under the dash? Thx.
I have a key lock switch mounted on a bracket in my glove box on my other Ford. If your glove box also locks it gives it that much more security.
I had a friend who used his cigarette lighter in his classic as a kill switch. Pretty much fool proof. I think only the 66-67 had the cig. lighter on the Bronco.
I have a key lock switch mounted on a bracket in my glove box on my other Ford. If your glove box also locks it gives it that much more security.
I had a friend who used his cigarette lighter in his classic as a kill switch. Pretty much fool proof. I think only the 66-67 had the cig. lighter on the Bronco.
Ethansdad73, I installed the same basic kit from painless works great takes battery power away from entire system with the push of a hidden button. Will keep the honest thief from going thru alot of trouble to steal your EB
My Bronco is primitive..... Screwdriver and a length of wire and someone would have mine (carb/dizzy -old school).
I use the fuel select valve located just below/in front of driver seat as a kill switch...... rotate fuel valve to off and pull handle and stick in my pocket.
If you are still using or have dual tanks, still hooked up and working- remove the screw that holds the lever to switch tanks and remove when in a (bad) area.
They will not make it far due to a fuel problem......hehe:-X
I have two. They are regular switches mounted in my Tuffy console. One grounds the coil so it won't fire. The other cuts the ground to the electric fuel pump, so if it fires, they'll only make it a block or so.
If someone really wants to steal your bronco though, a tow cable, a flat bed, or some friends to push, is all it really takes.
I use the fuel select valve located just below/in front of driver seat as a kill switch...... rotate fuel valve to off and pull handle and stick in my pocket.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/SPEEDAIRE-Metric-Reed-Switch-4MY49
You are looking for a Normally Open Magnetic Reed switch. You can find them from $1-$50 in all kinds of shapes, sizes, and ratings.
Hide it in the seat cusion, behind a stainless or plastic panel, in the sun visor, in the wiper cover, outside the vehicle, anywhere. Wire it to a relay inline between the ignition switch and solenoid, a relay to electric fuel pump, anything that will keep it from starting.
Or you could pay a $125 for a prebuilt kit.
MagTech on the previous link.
I use the fuel select valve located just below/in front of driver seat as a kill switch...... rotate fuel valve to off and pull handle and stick in my pocket.
If you are still using or have dual tanks, still hooked up and working- remove the screw that holds the lever to switch tanks and remove when in a (bad) area.
They will not make it far due to a fuel problem......hehe:-X
I LOVE IT! I have thought about kill switch but really for an experienced or determined thief really easy to overcome with a jumper, and seems to me easy to find.
The fuel starve idea probably wouldn't fool a bronco brother for long but it is probably the last thing someone would look for.