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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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