Date:         Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:10:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: A throttle puzzle Pictures of Insatll on Automatic
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com>
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Hi Loren,

Thanks for posting those pictures. Nice work.

I considered drilling a hole in the throttle arm to affix the servo
cable in exactly the same spot you drilled yours. I hesitated to follow
through on that idea because the installation manual for the Audiovox
cruise control says that the maximum travel for the servo cable -- from
idle to full throttle -- is 45mm. According to my rough measurements, if
the servo cable is attached to that attractive spot, it is so far from
the center of rotation of the throttle arm that the servo cable has to
travel more than 50mm, and maybe as much as 55mm, to swing the arm from
the rearward idle position to the fully-forward full throttle position.

This suggests that, when climbing a grade (and we got 'em in
California), the servo would not be able to achieve that last 5mm to
10mm of pull needed to reach the fully forward position.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR



On 6/19/2006 3:40 PM Loren Busch wrote:
>  There was a lot of discussion yeaterday on how to install the
> Audiovox CCS 100 cruise control when you have an automatic
> transmission.  Here are some pictures showing the attachement to the
> throttle and also the location of the serv box.  Someone was asking
> about where to put the serv last week.
> http://www.pbase.com/labusch/cruise