Question for Iltis owners

[Dukeoflawnchair]

Just closed a deal on an Iltis, and I'm looking forwards to picking it up early May (Stored with family for now).

A switch to start the fuel pump, a button to activate the starter, and manual transmission...while it might stump a junior joy ride car thief, what have any of you done to make it more secure?

Many thanks

 

[antiqueguy]

you could wire in a battery disconnect like this http://www.flamingriver.com/index.php/products/c0015/s0008/FR1002 I have never used one with a removable key because it done work out well with NHRA spec cars but for this application it should work

 

[woodchopper]

lenght of chain and a lock.

used to lock the steering wheel at the armouries.

 

[englishman_ca]

My breaker key has been made captive so I can't remove it without tools (loose that key in the bush and you is snookered). Anybody can turn on the electrics if they know where that breaker is tucked away.

So x 2 on chain and padlock the steering wheel. I use a plastic coated heavy steel cable, runs between seat mount and steering wheel, I believe it to be ex-Cdn issue.

 

[burnt_servo]

I had a guy screwing with my m37 .... finally I put a motion light next to it , but without any light bulbs in it .

instead I wired the hot wire that would feed the light bulb to the ground on the truck .

the short version of the story was , I found out who they where , and they never returned .

if a guy wanted to steal your iltis , they would not drive it away , I'd just load it onto a trailer ( or towtruck , or similar ) and drive away .

 

[crash277]

You can wire it up for a key. However. After working on them, anyone with basic mechanic skills can fire one up lol.

Fun toy though!! Enjoy

 

[lalunette]

I'll ask my buddy who owns one (he's a former military radio operator) what he does to secure his as he drives it as a secondary vehicle all the time.

 

[Dukeoflawnchair]

Awesome - many thanks, gentlemen!

 

[RobertMcC]

Lock and chain.

 

[GBG]

I had a buddy that used to lock his old cutlass with a big chain around the brake pedal and through the steering wheel. He didn't live in a great neighborhood, and the doors didn't lock.

 

[antiqueguy]

You can wire it up for a key. However. After working on them, anyone with basic mechanic skills can fire one up lol.

Fun toy though!! Enjoy

its a pre tech vehicle was not until the mid 90's that most cars started getting near impossible to get going without a key anything before that could have been stolen easy a slide hammer to the ignition and a couple of wires touching later she is running

 

[crash277]

its a pre tech vehicle was not until the mid 90's that most cars started getting near impossible to get going without a key anything before that could have been stolen easy a slide hammer to the ignition and a couple of wires touching later she is running

Yup. I had a truck that didn't need keys. Didn't tell anyone and didn't let anyone drive it lol.

 

[woodchopper]

My breaker key has been made captive so I can't remove it without tools (loose that key in the bush and you is snookered). Anybody can turn on the electrics if they know where that breaker is tucked away.

So x 2 on chain and padlock the steering wheel. I use a plastic coated heavy steel cable, runs between seat mount and steering wheel, I believe it to be ex-Cdn issue.

no one ever taught you how to use a bic pen to start an iltis?

 

[stencollector]

First let me qualify that I was a mechanic when the Iltis came in to service, and was there until just about the time they left service. Don't bother locking it......best thing that can happen is that they steal it. That is, if it will start for them.

I am a big fan of the Willys...not a fan of the Iltis. Sorry.

All that said, Turn the wheels hard over, and lock the wheel. Makes it difficult to winch onto a trailer or to tow from the rear.

 

[jamesharrison]

a big chain around the brake pedal and through the steering wheel.

That's what we used to use on the deuce & a halfs. Course, most folks didn't know that the big lever on the right hand side of the dog-house was the starter lever.

 

[kawicrash]

Unsafe at any speed??

 

[john@]

Get a trailer wheel lock...

 

[scott585]

try something like this:
ht tp://www.autospeed.com.au/cms/article.html?&A=107975

cut one of the coil wires, or the fuel pump if its electric

 

[HeadDamage]

I remember that we used to use a lock and chain on base to secure them, through the steering wheel and I forget what else.

 

[stencollector]

I remember that we used to use a lock and chain on base to secure them, through the steering wheel and I forget what else.

There was actually a length of plasticized aircraft cable with loops on the end around 4' long issued to the Iltis. It looped from under the seat bracket or rifle bracket and through the steering wheel, secured with an F2S2 rated padlock. It would be hard to cut the aircraft cable, although the army cut those padlocks by the 1000s it seemed.