Cut one wire to disable my truck- Which One ? (Theft Protection)

Elkman said:

The best approach is to have a fuel cut-off valve. The thief can drive a few miles and then no fuel and the engine shuts off. A thief is not likely to try to figure out what is wrong and abandon your truck.

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retired said:

buddy and have spent a lot of time in Sturgis over the years and a few years ago we had parked on main street and ended up taking "da bus"out to the buffalo chip to see some concerts and while we at the chip my buddy says major swear words followed by "I lost my keys" so he was totally stressed. we end up staying a few more hours but he can't enjoy the concerts and we catch the da bus back. by then it is pretty late and our bikes are kind of sitting by themselves and we were figuring out what we were going to do as we still had to ride back to the campground and he did not want to leave his bike parked all night by itself in the bike theft capital of the world lol. we get to the bikes and no kidding his keys were laying on his seat lol. lucked out that night for sure but we figured any would be thief must have thought it was a bait bike and as crazy as that is I can top it.
A couple of us go to the international motorcycle convention in Seattle and one year we parked in a sketchy area in my buddies dodge mini van and after checking out the show we were walking back to his van and I noticed it look like smoke was coming out of it..we were like WTF. we get up to it and it was exhaust he left the van running and the sliding door was wide open.....that thing sat like that for at least 3 hours...we laughed all the way back to Montana.

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dhay13 said:

Haven't read the whole thread but in my drag racing days it was mandatory to have a battery quick disconnect. These were put on the back of the car clearly visible but a friend bought a brand new 1996 2500 Chevy and installed one of these in a hidden spot for theft protection. Not sure where he installed it but might be an idea. Not sure of any implications with the newer ECU stuff though

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Wild one said:

You still need a master cut-off switch if you run a relocated battery.I have 2 on my truck,one in the rear bumper for the track personal to shut the truck off,and one mounted on the battery box itself.

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