Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 22:58:08 +0000
Reply-To: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Rostra 250-1223 Cruise Control
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Follow-up info: No Stacy, I don't have VSS on my Subaru motor; the old-school magnets on CV Joint at 180° (I switched to powerful rare-earth magnets with impressive results) and the sensor nearby seems to work just fine. But I did replace the CCS-100 servo with a brand new one from eBay. Flawless performance!...all good again. But this also revealed to me that all the other parts of the system (the control switch; the power to it; the wiring to the rear of the van; the wire to the brake light for shutdown; vacuum hoses; the vacuum accumulator piece; the actual connection of the cable to the Subie throttle body sector) are ALL in good shape. It was failure of the servo itself, most likely electrical (for fun, I took apart a previously failed servo hoping to see a tear or flaw in the rubber diaphragm, but saw nothing....I carefully inspected the circuit board inside for evidence of "burnt" components, but again saw nothing.....most likely, the failure is inside the main chip or a supporting electrical component.)
So, for now I am back in business with excellent cruise control. How long it lasts is still a concern. The Rostra Unit is my backup plan to my backup plan.
For my style of Vanagon driving, which often includes long distances, Cruise Control is an absolute must-have. Even 30 years ago, the "frozen right ankle" from holding gas pedal down for hours at a time was unpleasant; at time has progressed, it's even more unpleasant now.
On Monday, July 5, 2021, 7:48:19 PM PDT, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote:
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?
>
>
>
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1989 Swedish Tristar with Aluminum gates and Atiwe 16" Wheels.
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