y-block fuel pump blockoff

[JimNNN]

Originally Posted by Swagonmaster

As a bit of theft prevention I added a switch under the dash that wasn't visible easily to shut off the pump when I parked the car. The car would start and could be driven about 1-2 blocks before the fuel bowel went dry and the engine would stop and since it had started and run "it just died" and they would give up and leave it.

That's a great idea, and it has obviously worked, but I have to ask...how many times as your car been stolen??

[dmsfrr]

Once is one time too many. Some idiots will steal anything.

As a broke college student in '70 I had a beat up 4dr '60 Corvair that I paid $200 for.
It was 3 shades of black with a dented right front fender (courtesy of a previous owner).
Came out of class one evening and it was gone, no way to get 15 miles home. Had to walk across campus to the police station to report it. Five blocks later I found it sitting in the middle of the street. In their hot-wiring haste the thief had shorted something out and killed the battery. A jump-start later and I was on my way.

With a new job & saving my dollars that year I got a brand new '71 Mercury Comet.

[JimNNN]

Originally Posted by dmsfrr

Once is one time too many. Some idiots will steal anything.

As a broke college student in '70 I had a beat up 4dr '60 Corvair that I paid $200 for.
It was 3 shades of black with a dented right front fender (courtesy of a previous owner).
Came out of class one evening and it was gone, no way to get 15 miles home. Had to walk across campus to the police station to report it. Five blocks later I found it sitting in the middle of the street. In their hot-wiring haste the thief had shorted something out and killed the battery. A jump-start later and I was on my way.

With a new job & saving my dollars that year I got a brand new '71 Mercury Comet.

Nobody has bothered stealing even my nicest cars...maybe I should be insulted.