Installed a Kill Switch for $10
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From: Gilbert AZ/Las Cruces NM
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 upgraded
You could disconnect the possitive but then you would have to reset your radio and other electronics everytime you flip it, same with the negative. Also look at the cranking amps on your battery. it is more than 500 amps almost guaranteed. Personally i would cut power to the power distribution center under the hood. Or Better yet, pop the PDC open(after disconnecting your battery) and splice into the ASD or fuel pump relays and throw them on a switch. that way it has the possibility of looking factory and you can kill it while running (if ever need be).
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From: Ohio
Year: 1998
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I would just assume open the hood and swipe the fuel pump relay and fuse box lid. unless the thief is familiar with XJ's I don't think they will go very far.
Good idea about the cheap starter disable
Good idea about the cheap starter disable
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I'd pull the starter relay instead. They won't be able to crank it and won't waste time figuring out why. It takes 2 seconds to remove it in the PDC and place it in an empty cavity, waiting for your return. Even if they look around chances are they won't know what, if anything, has been done.
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From: Lakeland, FL
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
I've seen it where dudes just roll up in a tiltback, chain up the car, get it on the trailer, and go.
less than one minute, no hotwiring, no broken windows, hardly any evidence at all, and your car is gone forever.
I take a different approach to security though...
I don't have a Car Alarm, I have an AK-74...
I also don't dial 911, I dial .357...
My House Alarm is a 12 Guage...
I Don't need bars over my bedroom window to help me sleep at night, I need my 20 Guage at the edge of my bed...
Lastly, to the OP, a diagram would be awesome! Even if it's MS Paint...
less than one minute, no hotwiring, no broken windows, hardly any evidence at all, and your car is gone forever.
I take a different approach to security though...
I don't have a Car Alarm, I have an AK-74...
I also don't dial 911, I dial .357...
My House Alarm is a 12 Guage...
I Don't need bars over my bedroom window to help me sleep at night, I need my 20 Guage at the edge of my bed...
Lastly, to the OP, a diagram would be awesome! Even if it's MS Paint...
I just hope nothing happens when you're away from your house, because I doubt your neighbors are watching all your doors and windows 24/7.
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From: Ontario Canada
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
every time i leave a vehicle somewhere for a long time (like an airport) I pull the fuel pump fuse/relay and or the fuel injector fuse, depends on the vehicle
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Ok quick question. What if I were to run a relay through the smaller starter wire then run the relay wire up to a switch in the cab? Like how people run lights?
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Can i get a sticky?
heres some starter kills have fun haha did i mention i have bosch relays and DEI secuity diagrams i got alot more but heres a few for you guys to mess around with
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here you go if you wat to get "trick" with your kill switch
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/how...ur-jeep-53380/
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/how...ur-jeep-53380/
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I've seen it where dudes just roll up in a tiltback, chain up the car, get it on the trailer, and go.
less than one minute, no hotwiring, no broken windows, hardly any evidence at all, and your car is gone forever.
I take a different approach to security though...
I don't have a Car Alarm, I have an AK-74...
I also don't dial 911, I dial .357...
My House Alarm is a 12 Guage...
I Don't need bars over my bedroom window to help me sleep at night, I need my 20 Guage at the edge of my bed...
Lastly, to the OP, a diagram would be awesome! Even if it's MS Paint...
less than one minute, no hotwiring, no broken windows, hardly any evidence at all, and your car is gone forever.
I take a different approach to security though...
I don't have a Car Alarm, I have an AK-74...
I also don't dial 911, I dial .357...
My House Alarm is a 12 Guage...
I Don't need bars over my bedroom window to help me sleep at night, I need my 20 Guage at the edge of my bed...
Lastly, to the OP, a diagram would be awesome! Even if it's MS Paint...
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From: Orono, Ontario
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Who locks there doors? I sure dont. Man, i leave the keys in my ignition for the majority of the day. The only time i take them out is to unlock my house, or when im driving a different car.