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Well, my old ignition switch was dead and gone, then destroyed beyond repair by the PO, so I had 2 choices-
1: Buy one
2: Make one that won't be as easy to circumvent as the stock ones are
So, I built a very haphazard, yet quite solid, ignition switch.
First I started with a Chateau 7-pin cylinder lock from an old storage unit we no longer rented. They look like this:
Then I took a limit switch that had the NO (normally open) pin removed. They look like this:
(Mine did not have the metal lever)
This was then JB-welded to a 90º metal bracket, cut to size. This bracket was then JB-welded to the side of the barrel lock in a position where the rotating disc on the back would push the button (breaking the circuit) when the lock was in its 'locked' (key is removable) position, and release the button (complete the circuit) when its in its 'unlocked' (key not removable) position. This, paired up with a hidden killswitch (underneath the shifter boot, shhhh...) and a push-button engine start (trying to find a suitable big red button, but may just have it be done by pushing in the cigarette lighter, for epicness.), and you've got yourself a fool-proof ignition system.
Here's my finished ignition switch-
The real security value in this is that if people try to steal your car, they aren't going to expect that little barrel lock down by the floor or the cigarette lighter are going to have anything to do with it. Yay me.
(also, steering-lock is getting entirely removed form my column, along with the old ignition barrel. I'll probably fiberglass over the hole on the steering column plastic.)
1: Buy one
2: Make one that won't be as easy to circumvent as the stock ones are
So, I built a very haphazard, yet quite solid, ignition switch.
First I started with a Chateau 7-pin cylinder lock from an old storage unit we no longer rented. They look like this:
Then I took a limit switch that had the NO (normally open) pin removed. They look like this:
(Mine did not have the metal lever)
This was then JB-welded to a 90º metal bracket, cut to size. This bracket was then JB-welded to the side of the barrel lock in a position where the rotating disc on the back would push the button (breaking the circuit) when the lock was in its 'locked' (key is removable) position, and release the button (complete the circuit) when its in its 'unlocked' (key not removable) position. This, paired up with a hidden killswitch (underneath the shifter boot, shhhh...) and a push-button engine start (trying to find a suitable big red button, but may just have it be done by pushing in the cigarette lighter, for epicness.), and you've got yourself a fool-proof ignition system.
Here's my finished ignition switch-
The real security value in this is that if people try to steal your car, they aren't going to expect that little barrel lock down by the floor or the cigarette lighter are going to have anything to do with it. Yay me.
(also, steering-lock is getting entirely removed form my column, along with the old ignition barrel. I'll probably fiberglass over the hole on the steering column plastic.)
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