[V8] Cruise Control Wiring

[Kneale Brownson]

Sounds like time to bite the bullet and replace all the wires in the
doorjamb.  I did that on my 200q20v a couple years ago and it's been
wonderful to have everything linked to the doorjamb wiring working
normally.  I just matched wire sizes and crimped together new connections
in the cabin and inside the door.

At 10:04 AM 9/9/2005 -0400, Speakoutprod at aol.com wrote:
>As many of you may be aware, the wiring that runs through the driver's side 
>door gets worn out and sometimes actually breaks due to repeated opening and 
>closing of the door (another good reason to enter and exit your car through 
>the 
>driver's side window.)  Some time ago, my cruise control and sunroof stopped 
>operating.  Through frustration, I examined the wiring described above and 
>found several wires that had indeed broken in half.  I repaired those and the 
>cruise control and sunroof began to work.  
>
>A year or so later, they are not working.  Last night I went back into the 
>wiring that goes inside the door (through the accordian rubber boot) and
those 
>two wires had broken again. I fixed them (using techniques approved by NASA 
>and 
>the World Council on Stupid Wiring Problems).  The sunroof now works, the 
>cruise control doesn't.
>
>I checked my soldering (again, using techniques approved by NASA and the 
>World Council on Stupid Wiring Problems) and it seemed OK.  I'm guessing that 
>there may be another wire that may be broken that I have missed (it may be 
>broken 
>inside the insulation and not visible to the naked (or semi-dressed) eye.)
>
>My attempts to track the wiring via the book led to near-suicide -- hence 
>this plea to the group as to whether there is anyone with BTDT experience, 
>especially as to which wire (color code gets you bonus points) might be at 
>fault.
>
>Fuse #5 is OK.
>
>I'm leaving for an extended road trip on Sunday -- a functional cruise 
>control would be nice to have.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brad Hartman
>1990 V8
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