Fly by night security precaution

I am getting ready for a 10 day road trip in my new Tacoma. I will be leaving Oregon and heading to Idaho, Nevada and Arizona. I know that my truck will be high on the list of nice rigs to steal.

My question is: Is there a easy way to disable the engine when I park at a motel overnight so if the scum suckers come they will have to tow it off? In the good old days you could just remove the rotor from the distributor and they were screwed. Is there an easy way to do something similar to my 2010 4 cylinder motor.

I just saw that Costco has the sale on coverking seat covers going again till 25 April. $139 shipped.

ZDog

 

Thanks, I have in mind something I could physically remove from the engine when I park the thing over night.

ZDog

 

Probably a few things you can try... since you have a manual, put it in gear, turn the wheel all the way toward the curve, set parking brake. Maybe also disconnect your battery, and if you want to take it a step further disconnect some wires in the glove box?

 

Maybe pull a major fuse. Isn't there a fuse for the starter?

 

back in the day I had a fuel cut switch in my honda accord. The switch was tapped between the power for the fuel pump, and hidden. Whenever I needed to park in a sketchy place, just flip the switch before leaving..

 

take the battery out, pull some fuses......LOCK IT! make sure the steering wheel is locked before you get out

 

How bout pulling the fuel pump relay, I think its 14 in the box under hood on the 1GR motor and test it.

 

This has possibilities. I will look into it.

Thanks,
ZDog

 

yea i would say pull a fuse. on the auto trans trucks there is a fuse that makes it to where you cant put the truck in gear.
try and find one for the ignition or similar

 

How about not staying at a shady motel?

I would just pull the ECU fuse or the fuel pump fuse. My girlfriend went to college in downtown atlanta (for 1 semester becuase it was super ghetto) at GA state University and I used to stay with her some nights. I would take the ECU out of my honda accord and bring it with me. Or I would park two exits up in the Holiday Inn parking lot that had lights, cameras, and a security guard on duty all the time and she would come pick me up.

 

As a pro mechanic I would not pull the ecm fuse... There are lots of things you could take off to disable the truck, but your best bet for quick and simple is the fuel pump relay or fuse. It will cause no further problems if you forget to put it back and try to start the truck as some other components would. AND if you happen to lose it overnight, you can swap the ac relay in its place till you can find a replacement.

 

install a hidden battery cutoff switch. or pick up a hitchhiker. no1 will steal/break into your truck with a stinky drunk bum passed out in the pass seat

 

Wow, paranoia!

Why's it going to be stolen? Seriously, is yours the ONLY tacoma in those states? All the folks that live in CA, AZ and NV don't have their tacoma's anymore? Is yours diamond-crusted or something?

I just went on a 2000 mile road trip - never once did theft of my truck bother me. Now, the stuff in the bed is a totally different matter.

 

leave a rotweiler in the truck.

 

I'm not real familiar with the 2nd gens but the fuse idea seems good. Maybe find one in the interior fuse box so if the weather is crappy you don't have to fumble under the hood. Also post some pics of your rig so we can see how steal worthy it is.

 

Use this:

http://www.griotsgarage.com/product...sic&keyword=battery&sortby=newArrivals&page=1

 

Except that would then provoke me to break into the truck just to save the rotti, then send me on a mission to find the piece of shit who locked their dog in the truck overnight.

 

Just make sure that you have insurance on your ride and dont sweat it. I have heard of paranoid but this goes kind of over the top. It is not like you are going to LA, Portland, or Seattle. You are talking about states where people could really give a rats butt on what you drove. Now if you park in a bad area then you deserve what ever happens.

 

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