Re: post-factory Mopar cruise control
Approximately 12/3/03 21:17, Earle Horton uttered for posterity:
> How do they handle the clutch? I remember "testing" a cruise control on a > motor home in 1978, "Hmm, wonder what happens if I shift into neutral?" It > didn't take long to find out... You used to be able to get hand throttles on cars that worked reasonably well. Last one I had that was fully functional from the factory was a 1970 Datsun 2000. On a '73 Porsche, everything was there but the dealer said the gov't didn't want them hooked up due to the increasing "doofus factor" of American drivers. Trivial to open the console and attach the cable which was there nicely, but I had to do it myself since the dealer wouldn't risk it. -- Still a Raiders fan, but no longer sure why. |
Re: post-factory Mopar cruise control
Approximately 12/3/03 21:17, Earle Horton uttered for posterity:
> How do they handle the clutch? I remember "testing" a cruise control on a > motor home in 1978, "Hmm, wonder what happens if I shift into neutral?" It > didn't take long to find out... You used to be able to get hand throttles on cars that worked reasonably well. Last one I had that was fully functional from the factory was a 1970 Datsun 2000. On a '73 Porsche, everything was there but the dealer said the gov't didn't want them hooked up due to the increasing "doofus factor" of American drivers. Trivial to open the console and attach the cable which was there nicely, but I had to do it myself since the dealer wouldn't risk it. -- Still a Raiders fan, but no longer sure why. |
Re: post-factory Mopar cruise control
Approximately 12/3/03 21:17, Earle Horton uttered for posterity:
> How do they handle the clutch? I remember "testing" a cruise control on a > motor home in 1978, "Hmm, wonder what happens if I shift into neutral?" It > didn't take long to find out... You used to be able to get hand throttles on cars that worked reasonably well. Last one I had that was fully functional from the factory was a 1970 Datsun 2000. On a '73 Porsche, everything was there but the dealer said the gov't didn't want them hooked up due to the increasing "doofus factor" of American drivers. Trivial to open the console and attach the cable which was there nicely, but I had to do it myself since the dealer wouldn't risk it. -- Still a Raiders fan, but no longer sure why. |
Re: post-factory Mopar cruise control
In article <bqmg2g$23j69u$1@ID-147790.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Earle Horton"
<enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> writes: >How do they handle the clutch? I remember "testing" a cruise control on a >motor home in 1978, "Hmm, wonder what happens if I shift into neutral?" It >didn't take long to find out... > Driving home from college I decided to try a similar test in my dad's '81 Grand Marquis. The engine revved up, died, and I coasted to a stop. Yikes. Fortunatley I believe it was the rev limiter cutting the engine, I started her up, no problems after that. In the TJ, the stock factory cruise is tied in via the ECC computer to either the tach or the clutch interlock, I believe. More than a few times I was on the Interstate with the cruise set, and went to go downshift without cancelling the cruise, the engine didn't rev at all, it just cancelled the cruise on its own. Don't know if that would be the case with a post-factory Mopar setup. * * * Matt Macchiarolo www.townpeddler.com www.wolverine4wd.org http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html |
Re: post-factory Mopar cruise control
In article <bqmg2g$23j69u$1@ID-147790.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Earle Horton"
<enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> writes: >How do they handle the clutch? I remember "testing" a cruise control on a >motor home in 1978, "Hmm, wonder what happens if I shift into neutral?" It >didn't take long to find out... > Driving home from college I decided to try a similar test in my dad's '81 Grand Marquis. The engine revved up, died, and I coasted to a stop. Yikes. Fortunatley I believe it was the rev limiter cutting the engine, I started her up, no problems after that. In the TJ, the stock factory cruise is tied in via the ECC computer to either the tach or the clutch interlock, I believe. More than a few times I was on the Interstate with the cruise set, and went to go downshift without cancelling the cruise, the engine didn't rev at all, it just cancelled the cruise on its own. Don't know if that would be the case with a post-factory Mopar setup. * * * Matt Macchiarolo www.townpeddler.com www.wolverine4wd.org http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html |
Re: post-factory Mopar cruise control
In article <bqmg2g$23j69u$1@ID-147790.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Earle Horton"
<enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> writes: >How do they handle the clutch? I remember "testing" a cruise control on a >motor home in 1978, "Hmm, wonder what happens if I shift into neutral?" It >didn't take long to find out... > Driving home from college I decided to try a similar test in my dad's '81 Grand Marquis. The engine revved up, died, and I coasted to a stop. Yikes. Fortunatley I believe it was the rev limiter cutting the engine, I started her up, no problems after that. In the TJ, the stock factory cruise is tied in via the ECC computer to either the tach or the clutch interlock, I believe. More than a few times I was on the Interstate with the cruise set, and went to go downshift without cancelling the cruise, the engine didn't rev at all, it just cancelled the cruise on its own. Don't know if that would be the case with a post-factory Mopar setup. * * * Matt Macchiarolo www.townpeddler.com www.wolverine4wd.org http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html |
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