[Vwdiesel] Cruise on 04 TDI

[Tad]

Wow they really went overkill on the cruise safeties... the clutch safety
is pretty much superfluous anyway - if you slip the car into neutral with
cruise set without touching the clutch, the RPM will blip up maybe 500-1000
before the ECU realizes something is wrong and kills the cruise.

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 5:58 AM, Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Wow, that is pretty crazy that they thought to put the coding in the
> software to look for the clutch pedal being used a couple times before
> cruise is available!
>
> I'm glad to have that information in the back of my mind, as there is
> every chance I would have thought to try bypassing the switch if I were in
> your position.
>
> I love cruise control, I even once adapted the system off a wrecked
> Corrado I had into my '78 bus!  Unfortunately it doesn't work anymore,
> though I haven't bothered to completely diagnose it past the switches and
> such, because I don't think all of that system will be used when I get to
> putting the TDI motor in there anyway.
>
>
>
> Dave Cook
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Travis . <tgott at hotmail.com>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 3:38 PM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Cruise on 04 TDI
>
>
>
> Cruise stopped working a couple weeks ago on the TDI. Wife drives it
> daily-I get the vehicles that don't have it so I didn't think too much
> about it. I got my VCDS cable back from someone barrowing it and when to
> engine, then measuring block 006. If you move the switches on the stalk
> numbers should change. All switches did. Same for the brake and clutch. But
> only the brake did. So I took the switch off the clutch and took it apart
> and the contactor had broken. I tried to jimmy rig short term if needed-but
> you have to be in gear-break contact and then make contact inorder for the
> computer to turn the cruise on. An on/off switch with the OEM switch parts
> could work but ECS tuning had the switch and shipping for under $30 with 2
> day shipping.
>
> My rabbit fuel line blockage-it was both a bad thermo T and my double
> clamp on the banjo return bolt were restricting. Working great now.
>
> In the process of taking the head off the Geo Metro to change headgasket.
> Oil return holes are likely too small by the amount of oil I am going
> through on the intake-very common with the gaskets. I just need to punch
> the holes to the same size as the block/head. Doing timing belt as well.
>
> Travis
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