Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:54:40 -0700
Reply-To: Ray Reinhard <rayreinhard@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Ray Reinhard <rayreinhard@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control
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I would be interested in putting one of these cruise control units in my
'86 TiiCo Westy. Being a total novice at such things, however, I found some
of Frank G.'s description of the installation procedure to be a bit too
cryptic for me to follow.
Specific questions:
· Frank G. states that one needs to cannibalize a "Hall pickup" from
a Golf/Jetta instrument cluster. Does one have to replace the entire
Vanagon speedo with the one from the Golf/Jetta? Or does the Hall pickup
attach to the existing speedo? Any particular Golf/Jetta model year?
· He also says that he was able to wire the Rostra unit up to the
Vanagon cruise control/turn signal switch. Can one retrofit an OEM VW
cruise control/turn signal switch to a van that did not already have
one? (I'd like to do so, if possible...)
· I'd also be interested in hooking up the MFA features as he did.
Can we get any more detail on exactly how he did so (and modified the
Vanagon clock)? Again, any particular model year for the Jetta components?
At 06:46 AM 6/28/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Frank:
>The remaining neurons seem to be working pretty darn well! Thanks for the
>detailed information.
>Maynard
>
>On Friday, June 28, 2002 12:01 AM, FrankGRUN@aol.com [SMTP:FrankGRUN@aol.com]
>wrote:
> > Gentlemen and Ladies too,
> >
> > In my search for the Rostra Ultracruise II Cruise Control, I first went to
> > USI Wholesale Distributing, 3746 Comer Ave., Riverside, CA 92507. Their
> phone
> >
> > number used to be 1-800-854-4798. The email is/was
> usimail@earthlink.net the
> > last time I contacted them. I asked for a list of places that carried the
> > unit (got a list of about 10) then called and price-shopped. When the smoke
> > cleared, I got the unit from Auto Air and More in Las Vegas. Their address:
> >
> > Auto Air & More
> > ( Parts & Service)
> > Las Vegas, NV
> >
> > 4295 W. Tropicana Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89103
> > Toll Free: (888) 658-3423
> > Voice: (702) 362-2722
> > Fax: (702) 362-9694
> > info@autoairandmore.com
> >
> > The web page for the unit that I got (Universal kit - PACC002) is:
> >
> > http://www.autoairandmore.com/aam/products/parts_and_accessories/aampabbde
>tail
> > .asp?Brand=Rostra&Submit=Select&PartCode=PACC002
> >
> > Just checked it and it works! How's that for memory recall on the part of a
> > fossilized elder?
> >
> > Can't help you on the price I paid. I think I lost a set of those
> particular
> > neurons during my recent heart operation (mini-roto-rooter - no sabre
> saw!).
> >
> > I'm sure that I paid more than $100, less than $200 and close to 35%
> off the
> > prevailing retail. You can connect to the Hall sender at the back of the
> > speedo (need the Hall pickup from a Golf/Jetta instrument cluster). But it
> > needs to be amplified. I used an ignition amp from a SAAB 900T. You can
> also
> > use their magnet drive kit. Still other options with some imagination.
> >
> > I wired up things to the Vanagon cruise control turn signal switch. Looks
> > clean.
> >
> > Of course, at the same time, I got the MFA switches from a Jetta GLi
> and the
> > multifunction analyzer (MFA) from the Jetta instrument cluster (includes
> > clock, mpg meter, oil temp, etc.) and modified the Vanagon clock unit
> to take
> >
> > the MFA. Jetta/GTi switch gear (cruise control and MFA) stalks fit just
> fine.
> >
> > Frank Grunthaner
Ray Reinhard
'86 TiiCo Westy Camper GL
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