F350 theft problem

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I've got a 2003 f350 diesel and it ended up getting stolen from vale a couple weeks ago along with a couple sleds. I just got my truck back and I know these trucks are very easy to steal so I am scared to take it back to the mountians now. What can I do to my truck to try and prevent this from happening again ? I was thinking a hidden kill switch and one of thoes steering wheel locks. Anything else you guys can think of ?
 

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I put a master disconnect on my service truck and feed acc wire constant power so u don't loose radio settings
 

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I was thinking about splicing a switch into my positive starter wire. What do you guys think about thoes steering wheel locks ? Do they work ? I don't see many people using them anymore
 

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Probably best not to advertise what you use for theft prevention or stuff like that Those losers are on here and snoop on us

But your on the right track


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Masters I put them on ground side it's locked in the body I also have a air-iq. GPS that I can track from my smart phone in real time that I can put up a virtual fence also on my truck and sled trailer might put one on sled too so if it goes missing I'll be right behind u cause if it moves my phone will call me and kill the motor then I show up and that's when it gets interesting


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Yeah never thought about them being on here. Thanks for the link I would like to get a tracking device too on the truck and sled. I'd love to know where my sled is
 

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Mount a switch under the dash and tie into the ground side of your ficm (fuel injector control module) relay. Will crank but not start. If u hear it u can shoot the bastards.


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I think do what ever you can to disable it but also have something visible so they don't even try. It's great if they don't get your rig but who wants to deal with the damage to the door, ignition, starter cranked to death and possible dead batteries if it can be avoided?
 

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Buy a Big ass Pitbull and let him live in the truck. Ain't nobody gonna mess with it and you can advertise it.

Probably best not to advertise what you use for theft prevention or stuff like that Those losers are on here and snoop on us

But your on the right track


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With my 02 f550 I have a blown maxi fuse for the ecm and I pull the good one and replace with the blown one when I have to park it somewhere questionable. It will crank over and everything else works except it won't fire so I can't see anybody sticking around to trouble shoot the problem.
 

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Masters I put them on ground side it's locked in the body I also have a air-iq. GPS that I can track from my smart phone in real time that I can put up a virtual fence also on my truck and sled trailer might put one on sled too so if it goes missing I'll be right behind u cause if it moves my phone will call me and kill the motor then I show up and that's when it gets interesting


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And you can get aftermarket door handles that have a plate built in, so you can't just punch under the door handle with a screwdriver and open the door ...... Easiest theft deterrant is just pull the fuel pump relay, but the aftermarket theft proof door handles could possibly protect anything left inside the vehicle as well?
 

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i would get the aftermarket door handles that prevent them even getting in other than breaking a window. Also i think you can buy something that goes inside the door to prevent that bar tow trucks use to open the doors.

then you can buy keyed battery kill switches.

have some sort of alarm, i had a basic one you could wire in a bunch of ways but it was hidden, and if power was sent to the starter under hood it went off instead of hooking it to the ignition like they showed in the instructions.
 

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if it was a gas vehicle you could just hot key it! however, the lack of an ignition coil on a diesel makes it tough!
 
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