Date:         Mon, 5 Jul 2021 19:48:04 -0700
Reply-To:     Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rostra 250-1223 Cruise Control
Comments: To: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
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      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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