From:Dana Wassum e-mail:colawnguy-A-gmail.com
Subject:RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: 55 humber Date:Sat Mar 31 11:25:36 2012
Response to:17213
I'm a little surprised to hear all this discussion about
Hummer thievery. I frequently ride my 56B down to the post
office and bank, and never give a thought to someone
stealing it from either place while I'm inside!

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Kill switches, pulling plug wires and electrical tape are
all really good ideas, but I enjoyed Duane's suggestion the
best. (FIFTY CALIBER BARRETT SNIPER RIFLE) Can you think of
a better way to stimulate the economy? One new rebuilt
engine every time you ride...of course you may only get in
one ride a year:)

Gary

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Mutt,

You're right 99.99% of the time - I caught you on that
.01%, and I just had to gloat about it.

The little piece of electrical tape was I an idea I never
thought about. Good trick!

Mutt is Hummer Club member #507 - from about 1983-1985 - wow
- we been doing this Hummer stuff a long time together...

Dave

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Dave, I'm wrong more than I'm right !!! I was thinking about
the tank, not the year model. You're right on the 55-57 B
and the 62 ranger, in which case , don't pull the plug wire
off the bike, just put a piece of electrical tape on the
spark plug terminal and put the plug wire back on it. It
only a second and ya can't see it, and no body would think
to look !!!


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Mutt - you're wrong! The 1955-1957 Hummer plug wire is part
of the ignition coil, so you can't put it in your pocket.
(This is the first time I've ever caught Mutt making a
mistake - probably the last time too).

Chuck - since you can't switch the plug wire, they would
have had to run two wires from the points to the switch.
Perhaps they could have gotten away with one wire and still
have the switch point in the normal direction?

What surprises me is that they made a different tank for the
Hummer in 1955 when they could have just made a "cover" like
they did for the speedometer. They could have used the 165
ignition switch trim ring, just without the switch hole in
the middle.

The Hummer tank is simpler to make, but requires retooling
and stocking 2 different tanks for the lightweights. I
guess they were planning on strong sales of the Hummer, and
it was worth it to retool for the new tank.

Without a fork lock, almost any motorcycle of the era could
be hot-wired with a piece of wire with alligator clips on
each end, although you might not have lights.

Some alligator clips come with wire-piercing pins in them -
great for those extra tough jobs.

Dave






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Always wondered why they eliminated the key switch...just
money? So no theft protection without it...why?

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The ignition cutout button located directly in front of the
points cover.

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What kills the engine on a 1955 hummer?