pwv@fluke.UUCP (07/11/83)
I have just purchased a '77 GMC G20 Van that my wife and I will be driving
for our vacation this summer from Washington (state) to Wisconsin and back
again. The van does not have cruise control, but I'd guess that it would
be a very welcome addition for our 4000+ mile trip.
Question:
Has anyone had any experience with the installation and/or use of one
of the `add-on' type of cruise controls that most "automotive" stores
offer? Would I run into any surprises in trying to install one in this
van? (van has 350 c.i.d. V-8 with quadra-jet (GM tm) carb. and auto
tranny)
We're leaving on July 26, so reply soon, (by mail) please!
Pat Vilbrandt
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
Ever-wet, WA
(...decvax!microsof!fluke!pwv
and the world as well)
P.S. I will summarize any and all responses to the net since I have never
seen this topic discussed here before (Gee, there actually might be
something to discuss in this newsgroup besides air-bags (wind-?) and
radar-defectors (oops, detectors))wookie@alice.UUCP (07/12/83)
I have a friend who has installed several add on cruise controls and he seemed to find the Sears unit to be about the best. The Sears unit sold several years ago was made by the same company that produced the units for General Motors and so they were identical except the GM unit sensed from the speedometer cable while the Sears unit sensed magnets attached to the drive shaft. The Sears unit had more features than the original equipment GM unit allowing you to increase speed by just pushing a button or allowing you to slow down for a moment and then resume your old speed. I find these very desirable as my Trans-Am won't do these things and it is a pain to reset the thing every time I have to slow down for someone. You should have no trouble with the installation and the clamp on control that goes on the turn signal shaft almost looks original! Good luck! Keith Bauer White Tiger Racing
dan@orstcs.UUCP (07/24/83)
#R:vax1:-34600:orstcs:3000005:000:1156 orstcs!dan Jul 15 23:51:00 1983 I have installed the ZT11 cruise control on my Volvo 1800ES(auto. trans) and my 3/4 ton International Harvester 4x4(5-speed). The installation took about a half a day on each vehicle, the truck being the easiest since there is lots of room to work. The only problem I had was getting a vacuum source. I don't have air conditioning on either car. I think that the manufacturer is ZEMCO or something like that. I no longer have the box it came in and all the literature is nameless(probably because they supply to Sears and the like). I bought them on sale at one of the local discount houses for about 55 dollars each. I have seen them for as high as $69. The speed pickup comes from some magnets you strap to the drive line. You have to mount a coil pretty close (3/8-1/2") to the magnets and that gave me a little trouble on the Volvo. The control head is a small module with three buttons on it. It has the accelerate/decelerate and coast/resume functions. I also put Cibie quartz halogen headlights on both cars. They are great for Oregon weather! Dan Park Oregon State University Dept. of Computer Science ...hp-pcd!orstcs!dan