Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 10:26:52 -0700
Reply-To: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Cruise Control
In-Reply-To: <0914FC21-7E9C-445E-905D-CD00EA24AB2B@gmail.com>
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It could be Specific Cruise Systems is a supplier to other aftermarket
cruise control makers such as Rostra, Dakota etc...
so you have to look at the parts you have and browse through other brands
to see what you have.
https://www.summitracing.com/search/part-type/cruise-control-kits?page=2
https://www.thecruisecontrolstore.com/search.php?search_query=specific+cruise+contro%3B
On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 9:41 AM Mbob1950 <mbob1950@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the response.
> This unit doesn’t match anything in the Bentley and there was no sign of
> any vacuum
> System in the van it came from. Being made in Texas, probably not OEM.
> I’ll continue to
> look for Specific Cruise Systems info and see if I can run it down. In no
> hurry.
> Thanks to all
>
>
>
> Bob
>
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>
>
>
>
> > On Oct 4, 2020, at 16:15, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Why would you take an OE set up out and put an aftermarket unit in?
> > The factory OE Original Equipment set ups are easily fixed and work
> > like a dream.
> > I installed a GW set up in a customers van (1.9 AT WESTY) it would
> > work on level ground, any type of grade and it would go CLUNK and shut
> off.
> > OEM is aftermarket / not factory.
> >
> >
> >> On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 1:36 PM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> It's been a while, but as I remember the vacumn switches down under the
> >>
> >> steering column which are activated by the brake pedal are easy to
> service.
> >>
> >> Reccomend taking them out and cleaning then up, and lubing the switch
> pin
> >>
> >> there. Some vans have one, others have two, but they are the same.
> There is
> >>
> >> a hand held vacuum device to check their proper operation befor
> >>
> >> reinstalling.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 4, 2020, 3:00 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> I am not a specialist on cruise control on vanagon but I have it on 2
> of
> >> my
> >>
> >>> vans...
> >>
> >>> so far as I know on vanagon OEM... besides electrical wiring, there are
> >>
> >>> vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering
> >> column,
> >>
> >>> vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at the accelerator lever etc
> >>
> >>> etc...
> >>
> >>> I have a friend with an OEM cruise control on his van, he get rid of it
> >> and
> >>
> >>> replaces it with this
> >>
> >>> https://www.gowesty.com/product/-/23793/gowesty-cruise-control-?v=
> >>
> >>>
> >>
> >>>
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 11:53 AM mccullough bob <mbob1950@gmail.com>
> >>
> >>> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>
> >>>> Hey Friends
> >>
> >>>> I have a old cruise control unit that came out of my 91 Westy when I
> >>
> >>>> rebuilt it. It wasn’t working due to some
> >>
> >>>> wiring harness damage. I haven’t been able to find any info on it
> other
> >>
> >>>> than its made by Specific Cruise Systems Inc.
> >>
> >>>> The company is in Texas but has no info on their website about this
> >> unit.
> >>
> >>>> Ive got the servo motor for the throttle cable and
> >>
> >>>> the dash switch control. Im not sure how it sensed speed. Anyone have
> >> or
> >>
> >>>> heard of these and have a wiring diagram for it?
> >>
> >>>> I thought I would give it a try in my 86 Syncro before coughing up any
> >>
> >>>> more $.
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> Thanks to all for this knowledge base.
> >>
> >>>> Bob
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
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> >
> >>
> >>>> https://idiopath2019.home.blog <https://idiopath2019.home.blog/>
> >>
> >>>> http://idiopath2018.wordpress.com <http://idiopath2018.wordpress.com/
> >
> >>
> >>>> https://idiopath2017.wordpress.com <
> >> https://idiopath2017.wordpress.com/>
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> > 1989 Swedish Tristar with Aluminum gates and Atiwe 16" Wheels.
> > Oldest son is an Eagle scout.
>
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