Richard Do you have a VSS for your Subaru? If so you can get speed sensor from that as well. I’ve installed one of those GW units for a customer with limited success. I like the Vacuum units. Granted the GW unit I installed was in a 1.9 powered Westy with an A/T. I’d try to fix what I had first. Stacy On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 5:09 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Over the last 30 years, I have had some great success with aftermarket > cruise controls. I've been very happy with the Audiovox CCS-100 unit. But > Servo failed; replaced with one from Murphs Kits, and all was good again. > Unfortunately, even though Murphs somehow got the tooling and was able to > reproduce, they are no longer offering that. About a year ago, I found on > eBay a CCS-100 cruise control kit; bought it as a backup. Today on drive, > no cruise control; so, I have my backup and will again try replacing the > servo....but this is getting old, tired of failures. Thinking it might be > time to switch from vacuum actuated cruise control to electronic cruise > control as per the Rostra unit. I still want to do some trouble-shooting, > but since I had great success the first time with only replacing the servo, > that is my first angle of attack. > > > Wondering if any of you have experience with the Rostra 250-1223 Universal > Cruise Control Kit ($209 on Amazon). I already have the dash mounted > control switch, and also the magnets (zip-tied to CV Joint) and the pickup > sensor, and of course all the wiring from stem to stern. So installation > to replace the CCS-100 with the Rostra 250-1223 should be pretty easy. > I've researched the GoWesty version of cruise control....too complex to > install, ugh. > > Vehicle is 85 Tintop, 2.2 Subie motor, manual transmission. > > > Comments or experience on the Rostra one? > > > > -- 1989 Swedish Tristar with Aluminum gates and Atiwe 16" Wheels. Oldest son is an Eagle scout. |
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