Battery Disconnect

[Zippy]

Adrians,

I looked at your picture of the trunk lid struts and saw what looks like a battery disconnect. Do you have any information on it or a picture showing how you mounted and wired it?

[baltobernie]

Here's another:



That pigtail is for my float charger, "upstream" of the switch.

The key is removable in some models, which is a nice anti-theft deterrent. These items are required for many race sanctioning bodies, and are sold by lots of suppliers.

http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/produc ... RecID=9471

There are also "key" type disconnects, popular with vintage and classic car owners. Not as obtrusive as the race-type switch, still with the removable key feature:
http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsea ... disconnect

[v6spider]

NICE work gents!I thought of this also... it definitely helps if your going to keep the keyed lock for the trunk. However, this won't work for a trunk that is shaved - IE lock removed...On thing I did on my first v6spider was to add cut off switches for the fuel pump and ignition. The dash is polished aluminum and has a row of 6 switches all together, non of them marked. It would take them a while to figure out what the issue is... if they are smart they might get it but not with out some deducing skills. The switches are easy to wire and cheap to install - cost me $5.00 in weather proof switches off ebay. You could even hide them under the dash if you were so inclined...
Rob

[baltobernie]

Yeah, I've got the fuel pump switch under the dash, too. Not intentionally hidden, but not labeled, either. I use it to drain the float bowl; less stink in the garage. Also on extremely hot days thirty seconds before shutdown, to prevent embarrassing flooding in a public parking lot. Equally embarrassing is forgetting to turn the pump back on, grinding the starter incessantly

[perthling]

I fitted my removable isolation key type under the dash near the steering column. With the key removed the black barrel is hardly visible, and if you take the cigarette rest out of the front ash tray you have a combined coin holder and battery key repository. Even if someone jumped in and found the key they would have a fair search before they found where it was required.