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[ShoutforJoy]

http://www.minispare...ty=pb&pid=36489

I've bought one of these and am just looking at fitting it. I have a type 063 battery and have pushed it as far across the battery box as I can but there just doesn't seem to be enough space to fit the thing to the positive terminal with it shorting out to earth. Has anyone else managed to fit one? Any suggestions? A picture of one fitted would be great.

Thanks

[Tomfoolery]

http://www.minispare...ty=pb&pid=36489

I've bought one of these and am just looking at fitting it. I have a type 063 battery and have pushed it as far across the battery box as I can but there just doesn't seem to be enough space to fit the thing to the positive terminal with it shorting out to earth. Has anyone else managed to fit one? Any suggestions? A picture of one fitted would be great.

Thanks

I've got one installed. Put it on the negative terminal. It'll be much safer. You dont want live bare metal around.

Hope this helps.

[ShoutforJoy]

Thanks for you help. I did consider going for the negative rather than positive terminals but wondered if I'd still be able to connect the breaker wire so that the radio doesn't lose its memory every time I disconnect. I can't see any reason why it shouldn't.

[Tomfoolery]

Thanks for you help. I did consider going for the negative rather than positive terminals but wondered if I'd still be able to connect the breaker wire so that the radio doesn't lose its memory every time I disconnect. I can't see any reason why it shouldn't.

I didnt bother with the breaker wire but it will work just fine on the negative terminal. You might need some spare fuses in the car because its easy to forget to close the isolator before trying to start the car. Wont do any harm though.

[pbrain]

you can stick with the positive side and just put a plastic or fibreglass barrier between the car body and the terminals.

The easy option is to cover the area around the battery with a fibreglass coating.

PS: what's stopping someone shoving a 2p inbetween the open contacts to reconnect the supply?

[ShoutforJoy]

Thanks tomfoolery for all your help - I've now connected mine to the negative side too and it works just fine.


The connection is not that straightforward - it's made through the thread and head of the special black bolt. If you take the bolt away you'd need something a bit more sophisticated than a 2p coin or even another bolt to remake the connection. If you were going to that much trouble you'd simply unbolt it off the battery and reattach the lead without the immobiliser present. What you have to remember is that the car thief wouldn't know it's present - when he or she tries to start the car it will kill all power - then they've got to track down the problem (under the carpet in the locked boot) and circumvent it or, more likely, find another car to steal. When all's said and done it's a cheap (about £6.50 off fleabay), but reasonably effective immobiliser that will be sufficient to deter joyriders but not the most determined of thieves, who are more likely to trailer your pride and joy away.

[boyracer2005]

if you look in the traders section there are better types of security than this fitment alot of the car theifs now are well organised and look for things like this.

[ShoutforJoy]

if you look in the traders section there are better types of security than this fitment alot of the car theifs now are well organised and look for things like this.

I notice that you've made several similar comments on other threads concerning security tonight. Are you and "ecu-remapped" one and the same person or are you on commission?

This gadget is designed to foil opportunist joyriders not organised thieves who will get your motor no matter what - a job it does well for just £6.

[pbrain]

This gadget with a strong/secure boot WILL stop the car being drove away...and for the price it can't be faulted.

as with pro-thieves that will tow or 'carry' the car away, then there's very little you can do (even GPS trackers can be knocked out with a cheap signal blocker)

[ecu-remapped]

only one problem how many car theifs you know have a gps blocker or know that you have one installed to the vehicle as i tend to hide them where people tend to look as other tracker companies usualy put them in the same place.