FGA Stolen !!

[Spiritof'76]

Keep your eyes on gumtree
The thieves favourite haunt.

Makes sense......that place is a bit more low key, wouldn't have even thought of looking, cheers ! Though not sure how i'm even going to recognise it as mine ?!?!
Next one defo getting engraved ! Postcode and maybe gas safe number aswell.....won't stop it being taken but more lkely to be returned and less saleable for the fukwits !!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Makes sense......that place is a bit more low key, wouldn't have even thought of looking, cheers ! Though not sure how i'm even going to recognise it as mine ?!?!
Next one defo getting engraved ! Postcode and maybe gas safe number aswell.....won't stop it being taken but more lkely to be returned and less saleable for the fukwits !!

tbh that wont help as if its cheap enough no one will care where its from

 

[Spiritof'76]

tbh that wont help as if its cheap enough no one will care where its from

No, but if they have a stash of stuff and get rumbled one day atleast it will be easier for me to reclaim it 🙂

 

[ShaunCorbs]

No, but if they have a stash of stuff and get rumbled one day atleast it will be easier for me to reclaim it 🙂

😀 you hope

 

[newcastle phill]

Id you see it and want to view it they will either.

1. Ask to meet at a McDonald's as they just so happen to gonna be there the time you suggest.

2. Be busy and ask if a mate of theirs can deliver it

 

[stevetheplumber]

i once got a phone returned by plod as it had my home phone number engraved in it this was in the early days when phones had plastic cases and i did it with the soldering iron

 

[stevetheplumber]

No, but if they have a stash of stuff and get rumbled one day atleast it will be easier for me to reclaim it 🙂

theives ofload as soon as they cangetting caught with a stash is a mugs game

 

[Spiritof'76]

😀 you hope

I've no hope ! Just the hump lol

 

[Spiritof'76]

theives ofload as soon as they cangetting caught with a stash is a mugs game

Allow me to be an optimist ! 😛

 

[Nostrum]

Does anyone know what vans are able to be opened this way so I can avoid!?

 

[dave1]

theives ofload as soon as they cangetting caught with a stash is a mugs game

Not always true, there was a shipping container load of stolen tools found recently, the officer I met seemed to think they move them across counties all over the south East.

 

[dave1]

https://www.essex.police.uk/news_fe...june_2015/do_you_recognise_recovered_pow.aspx

 

[gassafe]

Does anyone know what vans are able to be opened this way so I can avoid!?

Deadlocks are a good visual deterrent...

 

[Nostrum]

im not sure the guys would use them though to be honest. Plus they always look tatty. I'd prefer to avoid the vulnerable vans!

 

[gassafe]

im not sure the guys would use them though to be honest. Plus they always look tatty. I'd prefer to avoid the vulnerable vans!

They look okay on my t5, pretty discreet... Only a small oval type lock on side & rear door, nothing like those big bulky locks people rivet on the outside lol!!

I got the locks 4 vans thatcham approved ones, the lock barrel is always horizontal so it always looks like there in the locked position... I only use them last thing at night, & unlock in the morning...

 

[ShaunCorbs]

https://www.essex.police.uk/news_fe...june_2015/do_you_recognise_recovered_pow.aspx

im sorry but a half dead monkey could sort half that stuff out most have names on them

 

[newcastle phill]

Ideally you want an extra slam lock adding to doors.

Re the key picking pretty much all fords with the TIBBE type key lock. Literally 10 to 20 seconds.

All transits with these keys are vulnerable.

Sad thing is ford in thier wisdom have the shi**est security as standard in particular transits and connects from 2005 to 2014.

As when you pick the lock it..
1. Opens all doors
2. Deactivates the immobiliser and honk horn alarm.
3. Gives the thieve free reign to the OBD port to plug another 20 quid device in to grab the transponder key code from the ECU.

They then...

1. Reprogram a transponder to overide the basic immobiliser.
2. Drive your van away without any forced entry.

THIS CAN HAPPEN IN ABOUT 2 MINUTES OR LESS

These devices are becoming rampant for other makes too.

I have recently got a transit as the dispatch was giving me a little issue.

I did the following...

1. Remove the door lock and disable the connection to the central locking...net effect is door lock is inactive. Attempting to pick the lock renders an alarm activation. Attempting to pick the bonnet renders an alarm activation.
2. Rewired OBD port with my own interfaced connector and retained the master connector for servicing.
If they stumble across this it will baffle the **** out of them as it complex wiring and also some piggybags from wire to wire have been altered

3. Relocated the OBD location behind the dashboard.
4. Installed additional cat1 security with microwave detection.
5. Installed internal side door lock
6. Installed external garrison rear door lock
7. Installed steering disc lock

If they wanna pinch it they will.
But ill make it as hard as possible.
And then once they get inside theyll find a heavy duty tool vault bolted to the floor.


I cant afford to lose my tools at any cost

 

[ShaunCorbs]

not hard to do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxdz0uFtq2k

 

[newcastle phill]

Not hard but once you physically disconnect the rear of the door lock connector into the central locking they wil try and try and snap the delicate pick

Then its window out time.

But thats ild school and hardly happens by comparison. Prigs these days are going hi-tec for peanuts

 

[Nostrum]

Does the custom still use this type of key?

What about renaults VW and citreons?

Seems like keyless entry may be the next step but sometimes they'll just break I using brut force. I saw a video where they just bend the rear door of a berlingo in half pretty much!