Date:         Sat, 10 Nov 2001 21:10:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cruise Control Speed Sensor
Comments: To: Bob Stevens <mtbikerbob@MSN.COM>
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I had that problem - turned out to be a bad switch at the brake pedal.
Interestingly it would appear to be okay using a VOM, however hooking a
test light through it with 12V showed it would only work intermittently.
Replacing the switch fixed the intermittent cruise control.

Todd

'88 Westy

Bob Stevens wrote:

>
>
> Don't know the answer to that one Noel...but do experience "periodic"
> availability of my cruise control. It's tempermental and will engage
> at one moment and not another??
>
> Bob Stevens'91 Westy
> >From: "Cookson, Noel"
> >Reply-To: "Cookson, Noel"
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Cruise Control Speed Sensor
> >Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 06:39:25 -0600
> >
> >I was debugging my cruise control last night using the Bentley
> manual. When
> >it came time to check the resistance of the inductive speed sensor
> (located
> >on the back of the speedometer) the manual called for 90 to 110 ohms.
> My
> >DMM showed 1.1K. This is 10 times larger than the manual calls for.
> Since 10
> >is nice round number I was wondering if the manual might have a typo
> and the
> >actual reading should be 900 - 1100 ohms. Anyone out there measure
> this
> >before and what was your reading?
> >
> >Noel - 88 GL
>
>
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