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So I finished installing the Rostra kit on my cucv a couple of weeks ago. So far so good.
Rostra 250-1223, in case anyone was wondering.
The instructions were fairly straightforward, but there were a couple of issues that seemed kind of specific to the 1009.
First, you have to attach the cruise cable directly to the same post on throttle pulley that the throttle cable is attached to. The cruise cable plastic connector takes the place of the "hat clip" that holds the throttle cable onto the post.
There is another post on the throttle pulley, below the post that the throttle cable attaches to. It is unused. I suspect that post is where a factory cruise cable attaches, but I don't think you can easily use it for this application. If you mount the cruise cable parallel to the throttle cable (perpendicular to the ground), and try to attach it to that unused post, it will not turn the throttle pulley. From that point on the pulley, it needs to be pulled forward (toward the front of the car) before it can be pulled upwards.
Which brings us to the second issue. Where to mount the cable. I used the metal bracket they included and bent it so that I could bolt one leg to the driver's side alternator mount and have the other leg hover over the throttle pulley.
I also used a few of the beads included in the kit to add a little slack to the system, as recommended in the manual. The throttle travel measured right on the edge of where they recommended adding the beads.
Other than that, everything was as suggested in the manual. I used the manual-recommend settings for the dip switches on the PLC.
For VSS pulse generation, I used the kit that plugs right into the speedometer cable and transmission. 250-4153. If I had to do it over, I think I would have just gone with 250-4160, which is the exact same thing, but without the extension. I don't think it needs it and with the extension, the cable wants to lay just about against one of the exhaust pipes. So I need to take a length of copper tube or something and crimp it around the cable to shield it.
For the brake wire inputs on the cruise control plc (red and violet, if memory serves?), the correct wires to connect to on the vehicle are the orange and the white wires for the brake light switch under the dash. The cucv wiring diagram illustrates this, as well.
The only thing I didn't hook up was the back light for the switch buttons. You're supposed to connect them to the light switch rheostat. I wasn't really sold on the glowing buttons idea.
I'll post a couple of pictures later.
Well dang, added this to the wrong forum. Meant to put this in the cucv hot rodding section.
Rostra 250-1223, in case anyone was wondering.
The instructions were fairly straightforward, but there were a couple of issues that seemed kind of specific to the 1009.
First, you have to attach the cruise cable directly to the same post on throttle pulley that the throttle cable is attached to. The cruise cable plastic connector takes the place of the "hat clip" that holds the throttle cable onto the post.
There is another post on the throttle pulley, below the post that the throttle cable attaches to. It is unused. I suspect that post is where a factory cruise cable attaches, but I don't think you can easily use it for this application. If you mount the cruise cable parallel to the throttle cable (perpendicular to the ground), and try to attach it to that unused post, it will not turn the throttle pulley. From that point on the pulley, it needs to be pulled forward (toward the front of the car) before it can be pulled upwards.
Which brings us to the second issue. Where to mount the cable. I used the metal bracket they included and bent it so that I could bolt one leg to the driver's side alternator mount and have the other leg hover over the throttle pulley.
I also used a few of the beads included in the kit to add a little slack to the system, as recommended in the manual. The throttle travel measured right on the edge of where they recommended adding the beads.
Other than that, everything was as suggested in the manual. I used the manual-recommend settings for the dip switches on the PLC.
For VSS pulse generation, I used the kit that plugs right into the speedometer cable and transmission. 250-4153. If I had to do it over, I think I would have just gone with 250-4160, which is the exact same thing, but without the extension. I don't think it needs it and with the extension, the cable wants to lay just about against one of the exhaust pipes. So I need to take a length of copper tube or something and crimp it around the cable to shield it.
For the brake wire inputs on the cruise control plc (red and violet, if memory serves?), the correct wires to connect to on the vehicle are the orange and the white wires for the brake light switch under the dash. The cucv wiring diagram illustrates this, as well.
The only thing I didn't hook up was the back light for the switch buttons. You're supposed to connect them to the light switch rheostat. I wasn't really sold on the glowing buttons idea.
I'll post a couple of pictures later.
Well dang, added this to the wrong forum. Meant to put this in the cucv hot rodding section.
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