Re: UrQ cruise control

[rxlouie@uswest.com (Rick Louie)]

Bryan Gunn wrote:
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> > I have the cruse on my 83urq working but the system surges. Makes me seasick.
> > New switches on the pedals and a new brain and new vacuum lines all around
> > got me this far. Any suggestions?
> 
> I understand that cruise control works by monitoring your speedometer. There's
> some device in your instrument cluster that is either on the back of the
> speedometer or on the cable or something. Maybe there's something wrong
> with this piece. It's either intermittent or can't get a fix on what your
> speedometer is doing. Does the speedometer needle have "bounce-itis"? In
> other words, when you're putting around at low speeds, does the speedometer
> needle bounce? If you have bad bounce-itis, maybe it's preventing the cruise
> pickup from working right, or it's making the cruise try to compensate for
> the jerky movement in the speedometer cable. The fix for bounce-itis is lubing
> the speedo cable, of course.
> 
> Just thinking out loud here. When you figure it out, let us know.
> 
> Later,
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Ditto.
I had the "herky jerky" on my 1984 Coupe GT and it was cured by lubing
up the speedo cable.  Cracks in the vacuum hoses caused the CC to not
work at all.
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