Porter_Fred%PAX9@mr.nawcad.navy.mil wrote: > > Today I talked to the Equus cruise control Technical Service dept. > (800-544-4124) and they were super helpful! I talked with Gene--he has > installed the system on his 84 westy and had some detailed modifications to > make the system work. Equus does not recommend the system for the vanagon > because of the low vacuum levels supplied by the engine. > > The vacuum on the vanagons is not enough to run the cruise control so at a > minimum a vacuum canister with check valve needs to be installed to build up > a resevoir of vacuum to power the servo. The syncro comes with its own vacuum canister for switching the rear diff lock. Vanagons with power locks also have vacuum canisters, I believe. Could not these sources of vacuum be used to regulate the cruise control? Larry '86 syncro westy
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