Date:         Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:17:57 +0200
Reply-To:     Helmut.Zeidler@NOKIA.COM
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From:         Helmut Zeidler <Helmut.Zeidler@NOKIA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cruise Control (Non-working) 85 Westy
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>Since Dave has posted looking for the
>switches to put cruise into a Westy.
>I figured now would be a good time to
>ask some real basic cruise control
>questions.  I have never really dealt
>with cruise control problems so I am a
>little lost as to where to start.  I
>have the cruise mounted and everything
>I assumed worked at one time or another.

Does it work sometimes or never?

>I have checked the very obvious
>(fuses, wires coming from switch on
>steering column are attached).  My
>questions is there a common failure
>point in the cruise control system that
>I should atleast start my trouble
>shooting near.

One time I realized that the switch at
the clutch pedal wasn't closed enough
to it's tab. On every pot hole I passed
the cruise control swiched off.

>Is there fuses in the
>engine compartment?

There are no electrics in the engine
compartment for cruise control, just
one wire wich is used for the tach, too.

>I have had the
>motor out of it and had to disconnect
>everything to do the rebuilt.  However,
>I don't remember anything looking
>out of place on putting it back together.
>What is the minimum speed that
>you can set it for?

On my installation the minimum speed
is 70 km/h (40 mph?). This is much too
fast, I would like to have the minimum
speed set to 30 km/h. I guess I will
find the failure on the speedo pickup,
it generates too less current to drive
the control electronics.

>This has always been the one thing that
>I want to fix,
>but never seem to find the time.

Ryan, I hope this helps.

Regards
Helmut
'80 Vanagaudi