Someone tried to steal The Beast, now the ignition wont turn on.

[Rivieraracing]

No sweat off my sack Mark, glad you got it figured out!!

 

[HiHoeSilver]

View attachment 191096 Help guys. Last night while watching a movie with my daughter, someone tried to steal my Denali and messed up the ignition switch. I can get it to go into acc so I'm thinking the tumblers are allright. It looks like they put vise-grips on the cylinder to try to turn it. I saw a video where they talked about those 2 pins that detent when it gets to the off and acc positions and thought maybe they were keeping it from turning and they said to use a mallet to tap on the key while you try to turn it. I did and the outer ring broke off so those pins aren't stopping it from turning. It's something internal, it feels like. I saw in videos where you need to get it to turn to the on position to be able to put a rod in the hole up top and remove the cylinder but since I can't get it to turn to the on position I'm screwed. There's no spring pressure anymore when I push the cylinder in to turn it to acc either. So anybody know what my options are? Am I gonna have to remove the entire column? Anybody done that? Help please. It took me and a tow truck driver 3 hours last night to get it home. We had to use plastic skids under all 4 tires and a lot of dish soap. What a *****. F*uck I hate thieves. At least they didn't get The Beast. I'm getting LowJack after this, anybody got any good info on those as well?

I can't believe what some people will do. Glad they didn't get her, red.

 

[Rocket Man]

No sweat off my sack Mark, glad you got it figured out!!

Kinda weird how we found the exact same video at the same time!

 

[93blkongreenpro]

Dang that's some sad stuff there! I. Glad it ended of alright! It could have been worse. No alarm on the ole girl?

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[Shunto]

I'm sorry to hear this..... I'm glad that you still have your Truck.. I hear about this on all of the forums i'm on and it sickens me..

I have to ask... i know that Car alarms wont stop a thief... but it seems that when i hear these stories(perhaps i missed it here) that a viper or some kind of alarm wasn't installed..Not trying to be a smart ass or anything.. but why not install one?

If it 230am and i need to steal a car i am going to avoid one with an alarm.. it's like buying a $1k phone and NOT taking out insurance on it... or worse yet NOT putting a proper protective case on it.

The Blaring siren i think is a safe bet.

Once again i'm sorry about your situation.

 

[93blkongreenpro]

I'm sorry to hear this..... I'm glad that you still have your Truck.. I hear about this on all of the forums i'm on and it sickens me..

I have to ask... i know that Car alarms wont stop a thief... but it seems that when i hear these stories(perhaps i missed it here) that a viper or some kind of alarm wasn't installed..Not trying to be a smart ass or anything.. but why not install one?

If it 230am and i need to steal a car i am going to avoid one with an alarm.. it's like buying a $1k phone and NOT taking out insurance on it... or worse yet NOT putting a proper protective case on it.

The Blaring siren i think is a safe bet.

Once again i'm sorry about your situation.

My cousin has been an installer for years. He always installs a secondary alarm under the dash so that they can't stand to be in the vehicle.

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[Shunto]

Thats sounds like a good idea too. or perhaps one of those sonic noise makers they use at riots.... then the bad guy will sue you because he now is either Deaf, or has Neurological, or other problems.
with any luck all of the above.

 

[Fosscore]

Sorry to hear about this man. Gllad you still have the truck. Remembered seeing this thread a while back regarding alarms and the Jimmie Jammers and have considered the Compustar myself. Thought it might be worth reading for you and other guys who may not have thought about how far the alarm systems have come.

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/best-car-alarm-to-buy-tahoe-broken-into-yesterday.83652/

 

[VDV18]

Man, sorry to read this Red. As you stated, and I agree, I ****** hate thieves.

 

[Rocket Man]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I'm just gonna start using a club on the steering wheel. That usually will keep them from even breaking in. I don't want Jimmy Jammers, I've seen the bodywork damage from them trying to get past those. I'd rather they pop a lock and get in, then see the club. The damage to the handle isn't hard to fix. They can always just pop a window anyway. And I know alarms have come a long way since I used to install them but I still hate them. Plus I'll be installing a LoJack so if they do actually take it, I can find them and exact my revenge.

 

[PG01]

Cut the steering wheel with a hack saw and club is gonzo, less that 1 min to cut thru that wheel.

 

[08HoeCD]

Mark, very sorry to learn about this and all the related disruption, but glad they did not succeed.

The challenge going forward is that they, or someone like them, will try again.

Alarms can do but so much. Are you able to garage it? A garage won’t stop a determined thief, but it’s a significant, hardened layer of defense, and can keep the nice vehicle out of sight.....which can effectively pull your vehicle down below the effn thieves’ radar.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I'm just gonna start using a club on the steering wheel. That usually will keep them from even breaking in. I don't want Jimmy Jammers, I've seen the bodywork damage from them trying to get past those. I'd rather they pop a lock and get in, then see the club. The damage to the handle isn't hard to fix. They can always just pop a window anyway. And I know alarms have come a long way since I used to install them but I still hate them. Plus I'll be installing a LoJack so if they do actually take it, I can find them and exact my revenge.

Weakest part of the club is the steering wheel itself. You can cut through that in 10 secs.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Cut the steering wheel with a hack saw and club is gonzo, less that 1 min to cut thru that wheel.

I posted my comment before reading yours. Isn't there a club that also locks out the brake pedal?

 

[PG01]

I posted my comment before reading yours. Isn't there a club that also locks out the brake pedal?

There was one that used to go around the column and down to the brake pedal.... but that was on the round columns... I don’t know what tgey make now.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

A well hidden fuel pump kill switch is still the top dog in my book.

 

[Fosscore]

Wal Mart or Amazon. There was a thread somewhere on this topic too.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Club-Pedal-to-Wheel-Lock-Vehicle-Anti-Theft-Device-Red/34109609

 

[Rocket Man]

Wal Mart or Amazon. There was a thread somewhere on this topic too.

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https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Club-Pedal-to-Wheel-Lock-Vehicle-Anti-Theft-Device-Red/34109609

Why couldn't they just cut the steering wheel and remove that one?

 

[Rocket Man]

A well hidden fuel pump kill switch is still the top dog in my book.

Why not just an ignition kill switch, seems the wiring would be easier to locate for install.

 

[Rocket Man]

Anybody know of a good GPS tracker? Seems LoJack isn't available in my area. There's so much confusing info on the trackers.