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Handbrake lock for Defender

Whilst looking at all those shiny-nearly-new-forget-it-too-much landies going through Brightewells auction, I noticed one parked up with a tidy handbraek lock. It clamped over the lever, and IIRC was secured with a standard padlock, so could be quite heavy duty if required. It looked as though it was covered in light grey plastic dip, but the vehicle was locked and with tinted windows, so I couldn't make much out.

Living as I do in a high car-crime area (my landy replaces a vehicle that was stolen from nearby and burned out), a good, physical lock is very sensible. So has anyone seen this type of lock, and are they any good? If not those then what?

Incidentally, friends in the local police say the time to get past those grey-and-yellow steering wheel bars is 20 secs around here. They didn't pay much heed to the one on the other car :(

Regards,

Simonm.

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SpamTrapSeeSig
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At my local Landy club last week i saw what i thought was a good cheap security idea.

It was essentially a hinge with a motorbike disc brake lock modified and welded to it at one end and the other end was bolted to the car. When not in use it folded under the centre seat, out of sight. To imobilise the vehicle the diff-lock selector was put in neutral (lever had a small flat plate with a hole through it welded to it) and the hinge (complete with disc lock) dropped over the plate. All very neat and tidy, better still cheap and very effective.

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Jon K

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It makes sense, but doesn't that leave the vehicle in 'freewheel'? How do you stop the handbrake being released?

Regards,

Simonm.

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SpamTrapSeeSig

I believe a replacement handbrake lever with a built in lock was once avaliable - don't know if it still is. But there's a fatal flaw in that it's easy to release a Land Rover handbrake from underneath by undoing or even cutting the cable.

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Prof Rollerball

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