Jan 30, 2016 · 13,105 recorded views
This was an important video for us. It's the first time I set out our Gold Security Package properly: bundling together the different products needed to actually address the Ford Transit's known weak point of the era, the standard factory barrel that the Ford Tibbe lock-picking key could open in seconds, together with deadlocks for a genuine extra layer, rather than selling any one product on its own and hoping it was enough. The barrel swap fixes the specific vulnerability; the deadlock adds a second, independent layer that still holds the van even if someone does get past the factory lock. Bundled together like this, at the time, it represented a significant step up in security for genuinely good value compared with buying each piece separately.
The deadlock will hold, it'll be secure.
This is also one of the earliest videos where I showed our hook-style deadlock, what we came to call the hooklock, on camera and explained why the hook actually matters. A standard bolt just blocks the door from opening. A hook bolt does that too, but it also grabs hold of a bracket fitted on the inside of the van, so if someone does get the door open a few millimetres and comes at it with a screwdriver or a crowbar to try and spread the door away from the frame, the hook is pulling from the other side and will give greater resistance than a standard deadlock for that type of attack. That anti-spreading behaviour became a core part of how we've added hooklock where possible, instead of regular deadlocks and this video is really where that thinking first got explained properly to customers.
This is our security package for the Ford Transit 2006-2014, we have used our specialist knowledge to give you a Gold Security Package to protect your vans and tools.
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A replacement high-security barrel for the vulnerable factory lock, T-Series deadlocks on the load area with the side load door having a hook bolt and TX security plate, and internal brackets fitted on the inside of the side load door.
Replacing the barrel closes the specific lock-picking vulnerability, but the deadlock adds a genuinely independent second layer, so the van is still held secure even if someone manages to get past the door's main locking mechanism.
A standard bolt only blocks the door from opening. A hook bolt also grabs hold of a bracket fitted inside the van, so if someone forces the door open a few millimetres and tries to pry or spread it further with a tool, the hook resists being pulled apart from the body of the van more than a standard deadlock.
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