im am trying to wire up a kill switch considering i do live out west and my car is park at a train station most days its all well and good to have an alarm but if im not there to hear it its no good i was thinking of hooking one up to a small foot operated switch up near the clutch just not entirelY CERTAIN of how to go about it any suggestions would be helpful cheers

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

Clublock is a good safety feature and deterant.

Install a kill switch on the battery in the boot. You can get one that comes with a removable red key that you can remove and take away.

Lastly the best type of kill switch is to install an electric fuel pump and hide a switch to power that.

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

The easiest used to be to put a switch into a wire from the coil I think . Hopefully someone can fill in the finer points but I think it was to earth out the coil to the distributer thereby killing the spark .

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My brother (ubntil very recently) lived in the Blue Mountains and had to drive daily to the railway parking lot and leave one of his loved cars in the parking lot. Petty theft and vandalism was a bigger problem than car theft.

Its really a sign of the times the wanton damge that occurs because it can and for no other reason.

In the end he found a succesion of $200 cars that did no more than be a transport from his home to the station and return and no further. They rarely got damaged and if they broke, more often than not he profited by selling them as spares.

Moral of the story - the mini is a magnet for those you dont want in a western suburbs railway car park. Registered $200 cars do exist but recognise why they are $200 and do nothing to them but drive them to and from the station.

I simply used a normally open single pole double throw switch in series with the 12v supply to the ignition coil. U have to close the switch to allow 12v to the coil other wise no spark!!!! Easy...

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remove your rotor button... end of story

I think that a switch on an electric fuel pump is a real risk - I can get about 1km on a bowl of fuel, put yourself in the shoes of a car theif, you start the car, start getting away and after a minute or two the car starts to splutter and cut out... do you calmly walk away, do you see if you can find the switch, or do you beat the hell out of the car???

rotor button or inline switch with the wire from the dizzy to the coil

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

"T" into the "pigtail" wire (from coil to distributor) throught the switch & then onto earth

if you have a taco fitted then you can "T" off that "trigger wire" take it under the dash through the switch to earth.

easy-peasy

My Targa Tassie Rally mini had lock nuts on the wheels, kill switch on the battery terminal, big red rally mandatory kill switch on the dash, fuel pump kill switch, fuel hose tap, ign/earth kill switch under the dash
& quick release steering wheel, took the thing with me if i left the car anywhere that wasn`t home.

can`t stand leaving my minis anywhere if i`m not able to actually see them from where i stand/sit

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

The rotor button is an oldie but a goodie, being simple. Just don't lose it!
Breaking the connection of wiring to a coil isn't the best idea as a smart thief carries wire to jump obvious opens such as that.
I remember shorting something (coil?) on my mini, to earth I think. Harder to detect and fix but I just can't rememeber where it went to.
Probably the $200 bomb is the best idea all round as it will let you rest easy and works for theft or vandalism. I have done it myself with a car I once owned and it worked a treat.

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Gone ... but not forgotten.

no no, earthing the distributor side of the coil wire will still not allow the car to start even with a "hot wire"

Hot wire -ing a car puts power "TO" the coil,,,, if the distributor side of the coil is still earthed all the time, then it`s like the points never open, so therfor, no go

got it?

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

thanks for the ideas fellas i thought about just removing the rotor button but its not really practical takes too much effort everytime i want something you just flick and thats it and the cut off to the fuel pump wouldnt be that great becuse my car used to short the fuel pump power and i could still drive but just in 1 km stints so ill probly go for the coil cut off but ill see how i go thanks heaps \

cheers

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

just take out your battery
Or better still do the old Mr Bean trick and take your steeringwheel with you

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Dont Muck With A Fini

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