Re: Shift Boot

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <00c601beedb8$4f59c080$bc8e6395@stephenb> "Stephen Bigelow" writes:

> >Anyone BTDT about installing cruise control on a car not orginally
> >equipped with it? I have a '87 5k turbodiesel, from what I've heard,
> >it's pretty easy to install cruise control on a diesel engine..

> I believe the "trouble" is because cruise controls are typically vacuum
> operated, which diesels have in short (none) supply.

> You, however, have a vacuum pump for such goodies, as well as for the door
> locks, and climate control, so it shouldn't be a big deal at all.

The Type 44 I'm buying has a disabled after-market (hairy kludge)
cruise control fitted but disabled.  One of the cars Roger and I stripped
yesterday had a stock cruise control fitted, so I stripped out the
actuator rod and pump.  The controller was already missing.  But the
cruise control pump is separate from the other vacuum systems.  It
_looks_ like the system would be a breeze to fit to a diesel car.

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