steviefastbikes

Disconnect the fuel filter and block the line.
Flush lines and tank before reconnecting.
The culprit will grind to a halt within a mile.

ALi-B

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If its a old Disco (Disco 1 or Disco II ), there should be plenty of space underneath to fit another fuel tank, pipe it up and use that with a stealth filler in the boot (or even put the fuel tank in the boot).

Easier way maybe a door pin switch on teh filler flap to trigger an alarm, or even as a trigger for CCTV device aiming out the side windows. Obviously the alarm needs a good siren not the usual limp wristed standard stuff, my weapon of choice would be a Master Blaster 127, like on my house (its that loud it blurs my vision ), unfortunately its 230volts, so would need an inverter to work on a car, unless you can get a similar 12volt version

Nastier way would be to fit a few windcreen washer nozzles behind the fuel filler flap, operated by a pin switch and run it to a washer bottle and pump filled with something nice, like ****, pepper spray or if your are really nasty, caustic soda, ammonia or acid. Of course I would never condone doing that

Our old 7.5ton tipper has a thick steel plate anti-pikey device welded over the tank to stop fuel being nicked...the only way to get access to the tank was to lift the tipper body by a few degrees to uncover the filler.

Pain in the **** when there was a ton of gravel on the back And I'm pretty sure Health and Safety would not be impressed, as if the tipper ram leaked or a seal failed whilst filling, you'd have a few tons of tipper body slicing your hand off.

BlkKnight

I've heard about sugar. What does fairy do?

steviefastbikes

Removes all lubrication v.quickly.
Normally all the soft metals ie shells get ripped to bits.
Very effective.
I have stripped a engine down after this and it was carnage.
On the plus side it made my hands soft. lol

hodgy0_2

it would be quite amusing if it resulted in bubbles appearing over the bonnet when driving


worth doing IMO

steviefastbikes

Blowing bubbles out yhe exhaust would be epic lol

ALi-B

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Its highly corrosive, so corrodes alloy. Contains degreasers to break up the oil (i.e fuel), so anything lubricated is fubard, and its also a good emulsifier, so mixing it with water will allow it all to mix with the diesel which will then allow anything made from steel to rust.

Put it this way.. fairy liquid and water will remove oil-based paint thinners from a brush with ease (mineral turps and white spirit is a crude oil based product, like diesel). Its also fetched the chrome off on the slide-out rack in our new fitted kitchen

fivetide

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The main ingredient in washing up liquid is the same as diswasher tablets - it's salt. that's why you never wash a car with the stuff.

As for fingerprints. I can't believe that no-one has pointed out that tea leaves are generally aware of this method of law enforcement and will usually wear gloves, especially messing with something like this. That said, they might be really really thick and well known to the cops.

If it has been that regular, it has to be some one local. Got any travellers arrived nearby? I'm purely interested, I wouldn't dare to suggest a connection if there is. That would be racist or soemthing.

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ScooByer Trade

Drain the tank and use the bus to work, saves faffing about.

ramdor

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and then you get a talking to by the police informing you that you are invading that person rights. We had the same issue with a cctv picture up in our model shop when some thieving ****** tried to walk out with a HPI Baja (that was until I grabbed him two ft outside the front door). We politely told the police to get a grip and when they catch the guy come back and then perhaps we'll take it down.

Luan Pra bang

So today I purchased a 4 camera cctv system, a fuel cap alarm and a locking filler cap, For sure it will be someone who lives with in a hundred yards and I am so looking forward to finding out who it is..

Wolf_gsxr

To me there is only 2 options. Get a cheap .22 for £30 and pretend your a sniper for the week. Wait and wait, then when he arrives one in the leg and make him drink so diesel. Or get what is easily THE greatest security device in the history of the universe.. A paintball sentry gun.. My mate bought on from America for a few hundred quid. It's basically a bipod, a camera, a paintball gun, some servo's and a laptop all wired together. People kept breaking into his garage and taking tools and beer so imagine there suprise when they lifted the garage doors open to a paintball target recognition system. It shoots anything that moves and when your a sadistic sod like him and put the paintballs in the freezer for a few hours first.. Well lots of pain.

GlesgaKiss

How does the alarm work then? Just a beeper on the cap itself, or is it remote to something you have in your house?

Wolf_gsxr

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...?v=SFpVYSsc57g

One of those

Luan Pra bang

Is basically a motion sensor thing that beeps like a rape alarm when it is moved, it has a nice high pitch so it will send the dogs mental even if I don't hear it before who ever it is rips it off the insude of the cap and stamps on it.

Luan Pra bang

Paintball c=sentry gun had just become a must have item. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxBa5bQfTGc

Lee247

What a state this Country is in. Just seen this thread, Luan. It's a bloody disgrace the things people have to do to protect what is theirs

markjmd

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I'm guessing chemistry wasn't your strongest subject at school. First of all, there's absolutely no sodium chloride at all in either washing up liquid or dishwasher tablets. Plenty of other sodium compounds, but not the tiniest amount of common salt. Second, the active ingredients in the two products are fairly different from one another. Washing up liquid is basically nothing more than mild detergent with some colouring and scent, whereas dishwasher tablets also contain good amounts of strong alkalis and enzymes, which would start eating your skin off in big chunks if you left your hands soaking in a hot bowl of them for very long. I'd happily wash my car in the former, but certainly not the latter.


Anyhow, all that's well off-topic, so good luck to the OP on catching his local thieving scum

J4CKO

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PIR Sensor wired to a buzzer near your bed so you can have a look out when its happening, susecpt your cctv will help but generally theives like this are like Magpies and the slightest uneasiness you wont see them again.

Luan Pra bang

No signs of anything since the cctv but some random white van drive past slowly at 0220 then drove up to the end of the street turrned around, waited for ten minutes then drove off I actually watched the CCTV on fast forward from the whole night and its strangely addictive.

fivetide

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishwasher_salt

But yet you still posted about it and opened with that patronising twaddle.

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J4CKO

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Would love to splice in some footage of Ooompa Loompas nicking diesel to freak you out !

My brother got his car done, luckily he had only, decided that night he couldnt be arsed going to the petrol station and it was really on fumes, they must have got about a litre, then a few months later someone set fire to next doors car on their drive, he was out at 2am damping down their garage to stop the house burning down with a hose, its a nice area as well.

J4CKO

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Thats the salt, not the tablets though to be fair

fivetide

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Which was my point. I just didn't want to get pedantic. I know they are largely sodium based. No need for the Einstein hat or the questioning any academic ability I thought!

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Dr Hu

That sentry gun is the DOGS!!

Would love to see what the sandal wearing do-gooders think of that!

Wolf_gsxr

My mates got me with it loads of times. Tells me to go get a beer out the fridge and it's sat on the kitchen table. As I walk in I get beasted by paintballs lol. I told his wife though as punishment he had to repaint the whole kitchen.

vindaloo

Blake's shoe protectors araldited to the inside of the fuel flap? And/or as loud an alarm as possible and a microswitch on the fuel flap...

eelz

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This is an urban myth, freezing paintballs actually makes the gelatin case more brittle and likely to burst in the breach or barrel before impact. Tell your mate to by a box of dxs frostbite paintballs, these are designed for colder weather and have a harder shell.,absolutely kill in the summer months .!:'(

markjmd

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markjmd

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FFS get over it. There isn't the tiniest amount of salt in washing up liquid, and nothing in dishwasher tablets that people ever commonly refer to as salt either. To put it bluntly, you were spouting cr@p.