[Vwdiesel] Cruise control

[David Cook]

Actually, I think I may only have wanted to do that
(shift and hit resume) once or twice.

However, I am glad to know that the tach signal would
also work for cruise.  (At least on a gasser)  Before
I bought the speed sensor for the bus, I was trying to
find out if it would work or not.  Nobody could give
me an answer.

Maybe next time I won't work as hard to get a speed
sensor.

David


--- Roger Brown <r.c.brown at ieee.org> wrote:

> David Cook wrote:
> > Not necessarily so.
> > 
> > You can get a part from VDO to make a speed
> signal.  I
> > had to get it from Germany (but there could be a
> US
> > source, I just knew a guy in Germany), but it just
> > screwed onto the back of the speedometer in my '78
> > bus.  It also came with hardware to splice into
> the
> > speedo cable if needed.
> > 
> > (I took the whole system off my wrecked '90 VW
> Corrado
> > and put it on my '78 bus.)
> > 
> > It provided the correct signal to work with the
> cruise
> > control computer in a VW cruise system.  (You can
> pull
> > the system out of a junkyard car.)
> > 
> > Another option is to go the the junkyard to get
> the
> > cruise off another car, and then use the speed
> sensor
> > of the back of the speedometer of that car and put
> it
> > on your car.  It should be simply a matter of
> > unscrewing a cap off the speedo and putting the
> sensor
> > in there.
> > 
> > With a manual trans, something that measures
> engine
> > RPM will work fine, though with an auto trans it
> > wouldn't work right and if for some reason you
> wanted
> > to shift from 5th to 4th and click resume it also
> > wouldn't work.  
> 
> Yes, if shifting gears, and wanting to resume cruise
> control operation at the same speed, it does require
> hitting Set again in 
> the new gear if you want the same speed again if
> using RPM.  Only reason I used the RPM signal was
> because I had it there for 
> the tach, did not have to run any new wires through
> the firewall, did not have to tear apart the dash or
> glue any magments to 
> the CV axle or install pickup sensor.  But yes,
> there are a myriad of options for getting a cruise
> control onto a VW diesel, I 
> picked one and am happy with the results.  I've also
> used other techniques on other vehicles and they
> have worked fine as well.
> 
> 
> -- 
>     Roger
> 
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David Cook
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Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
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