silver@csu-cs.UUCP (09/19/83)
I just finished installing a Speed Control made by Dana Corp. It works great so far. Total cost was $89.43 on sale, back in April (it gathered dust for a while). The kit was of top quality, with superb instructions, lots of extra and alternate parts, etc. You don't have to know much about automobiles to install it, though it would have helped me to know a little more. Fortunately, I'm surrounded by helpful neighbors! There were only two problems worth noting: 1: The smaller the car, the harder it is to install the kit and the more time, custom modifications, and knuckle-skin (*@%&#!) it requires. Some of the steps were BARELY possible in my F10. I'm not happy with the routing of the servo cable over the valve head to the throttle pulley (which is almost invisible under the pollution equipment, etc.), but it works. 2: The salesperson said it would take "two and a half, maybe three hours" to install the control. BS; it took 15-20 hours total. This was only partly due to #1 above and my ignorance. Just reading the detailed instructions carefully will take you an hour. Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"