Uninteneded Acceleration Trois?

[Eric_R_Kissell at whirlpool.com]

Dan Cordon <cord4530 at uidaho.edu> wrote:
[snip]
>The small plastic washer on the cruise
>control actuator broke, letting the lower part of the rod flop around.
[snip]
>Speaking of....I don't have a FA yet, but can you still buy the little
>plastic piece that fixes the rod to the end of the actuator?

I do not know if these plastic parts are available from the dealer or not.

Mine broke on I-68 in WV on a Sunday afternoon and I really wanted cruise
control for the remainder of the trip back to SW Indiana, so I went to
Lowes and bought some strap used to hang pipe or conduit. This is that
metal ribbon with holes every 1/2 inch or so.

I performed the fix right there in the Lowes parking lot in the snow rain
mix using tools from my traveling tool box.  I cut a short piece of strap
with a hole centered and attached it to the little forked piece where the
plastic doughnut had been by bending the ends of my short strap around the
forked piece.  Then I unthreaded the cruise control actuator rod and passed
it through the hole on the strap that was now crimped to the fork on the
vacuum actuator. I put the rod back together and it has performed
flawlessly to this very day.

In fact, when I got home I modified my other Type 44 using the same
procedure as preventive maintenance.

I still need to do this on my latest Type 44.  Thanks for reminding me.

HTH,
Eric Kissell
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