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• Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 09:48:00 -0500
  Hi Ark, I have been very happy with the "Ultra Cruise II" made by Rostra Precision Controls, Inc. I-800-782-3379 If your...
• Re: Aftermarket cruise control speed sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:24:39 -0400
  ...Aftermarket cruise control speed sensor > I'm working on installing an aftermarket cruise control in my '86 w/ > AT. I've had this unit...
• 87 Cruise Control troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:07:41 -0800
  Hi all, Hoping someone can help with my 1987 stock cruise control problem. Background: My cruise was working well now it won't come...
• FFFFriday Follies ... Part 3 (the Cruise Control)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 15 Sep 95 14:32:16 CDT
  ...Service-Advisor The Cruise Control Oh, the stories we hear, like the stars in the sky, Have all been encountered before, But just when...
• Re: Woodward (Detroit) Dream Cruise?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:50:53 -0400
  ...Woodward (Detroit) Dream Cruise? > > Hello List, > > There is a contingency of VW's represented at this cruise. I wondered if > anyone else planned on...
• Re: Switch to LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 10:33:07 -0400
  ...lefstein wrote: >>Why/how would led lights confuse the cruise?? > > If a particular cruise control setup detects the current in the > stop-light line...
• Re: Audiovox CCS-100 Cruise Control Installation
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 19 May 2002 13:51:30 EDT
  ...A couple of years ago I switched to the Rostra (bought the Audiovox cruise control line) Ultracruise II line. This uses a DC electric...
• Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:07:11 -0600
  Wondering if this is part of an aftermarket cruise control. In about '91, maybe '93 there was a recall on cruise controls and some...
• Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:28:16 -0600
  Thanks Bob/Richard, That would make sense - there are other traces of cruise having been there at some time. So where would the pipe...
• Wanna "cruise" into the sunset
  Historical mailing list - Clark Carr
  Tue, 6 May 1997 17:30:46 -0400
  Would anyone of you who is parting out buses happen to have a cruise control assembly (all the pieces) that would work on my...
• Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Joyce and Bruce
  Sat, 4 Sep 1999 09:18:12 -0400
  I have had a problem with my cruise control on my 1990 VW Camper. It is intermittent and sometimes works just fine. When it...
• Re: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:23:23 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver jbange wrote: > Anyone know where to find an OEM-style cruise control speedometer sensor? > Building a trip computer and...
• Re: Faulty brake light switches
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:11:42 -0600
  ...When I installed the cruise control I used the > brake light signal to release the cruise when I stepped on the brakes so > this...
• AFM induced Sputtering fixed...
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 14:02:50 -0600
  ...At the end of my hour, I cruised up into to some rolling hills in Iowa and found some pretty cool dirt roads and...
• Re: Slow Down And Save Some Gas
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:39:53 -0800
  ...I should make it clear that the long stretches where I could cruise at 55 mph were driven on multi lane freeways/highways with...
• Re: Criuse Control
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 22:09:55 EST
  In a message dated 12/2/02 5:34:40 PM, JShattuck3@AOL.COM writes: << The local Rostra Dealer told me their cruise control...
• Query...
  Historical mailing list - Phil Baird
  Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:35:20 -0700
  Can an aftermarket cruise control be added to a '91 Vanagon with automatic transmission? Thanks..Phil in Bakersfield
• Re: engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:19:52 -0400
  Nope. The subaru conversions still use the same radiator system.
• Cruise Control Troubleshooting 101
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:04:33 -0400
  I had a customer come in with a 90 Vanagon with inoperable cruise control. It had not worked for several years and the guy...
• Re: Cruise Control Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:30:30 -0700
  ...Just what information does the VW stock 89 cruise control >get and where does it get it. Motor speed via tachometer? Driveshaft >rotation? >How...
• Screw Holes, Cruise Control Sender: Thread? (Diesel Speedometer)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 1 May 2011 13:09:37 -0700
  ...Maybe I'm seeing things, but the holes in metal for (I think) a cruise control inductive sender aren't threaded. I can't...
• FS: OEM vanagon cruise control setup, also OEM rear 3 point mount shoulderbelts
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:40:40 EST
  ...vanagon factory cruise control setup.. removed from a '90 vanagon.. includes turn sig stalk w/. switch, relay behind glovebox, switches by pedals, vacuum pump...
• Re: troubleshooting Audiovox Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Nov 2012 00:13:50 -0400
  ...troubleshooting Audiovox Cruise Control hello, I have one of the usual aftermarket Audiovox cruise controls on my 86 with AT. I think it's...
• last ditch effort
  Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 08:08:54 -0500
  Volks, I've posted requests on several occassions to this list about trying to find an OEM cruise control for my 89 Westy. I...
• Speaking of Cruise Control...
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:58:29 -0700
  Hi all Just wondered how many of you with cruise control find that when engaged, the "CC" is always trying too hard to keep...
• Re: CRUISE CONTROL
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 Sep 2023 15:09:54 +0000
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• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:39:45 -0700
  Thanks Keith, That will help a lot. Do you have any photos? OK If no. Jim C
• Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:54:40 -0700
  I would be interested in putting one of these cruise control units in my '86 TiiCo Westy. Being a total novice at such things...
• '88 Vanagon Cruise Control question
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 08:15:20 -0500
  My cruise control has 'gone away' and I don't know why yet. There doesn't seem to be much info in the Bentley...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:08:27 -0800
  On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:43 PM, robert brown <rwinstonb1@gmail.com> wrote: > Can anyone recommend an after market cruise control to...
• Re: i luv summer diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jul 1994 09:15:21 -0400
  In my travels in my 83 diesel I cruise happily at 65 mph which I use as an upper limit for my motor. In...
• Re: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:14:48 -0700
  At 10:58 PM 10/25/2004, jbange wrote: >Anyone know where to find an OEM-style cruise control speedometer sensor? >Building a trip...
• Re: Speaking of Cruise Control...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Magee
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:25:24 -0600
  ...Speaking of Cruise Control... I have an Equus 9000 that I installed on my '85 Westy (an old "new in box" eBay item). I...
• Re: Another safety point of a Vanagon re: road monsters, was Re: California law (smog)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:32:03 -0800
  What in heaven's name are you doing running CRUISE CONTROL on the I-405 (much less any other freeway in LA)?! Sparse traffic...
• Re: Additional questions ... trip x-country is going great but...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:35:35 -0700
  ...It seems the cruise control causes lots of unwanted behaviour...... > When going 60 or so and I slow down quickly the oil light would...
• Re: Curise control for Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 25 May 2003 13:09:00 -0400
  I'd say that any cruise control that uses magnetic pickup on a CV for speed sensing should work. You'd also need a...
• Re: A/C and P/C brackets, hoses for I-4 or Tiico conversion
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:41:40 -0700
  ...My 87 Westy has A/C, P/S and cruise, and I would like to > retain all of that stuff. The cruise control, would...
• Re: Cruise Control Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:44:01 -0600
  ...115 messages I haven't gone thru yet, but, my "intermittent" cruise function is likely related to my "sloppy" ignition. I can even get...
• Re: Alternate fuels
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 11:24:55 -0400
  ...former (bad cruise range et al) Hydrogen has exactly the same problems as natural gas when it comes to storage and cruise range. Neither...
• Re: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:49:58 -0700
  >John, >I sell a Hall effect VSS that fits in the stock cruise sensor hole in '86 and >++++++++++ >Universal Hall effect VSS fits '86...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:03:47 -0800
  I's try to adjust the slider - it has to be close to the throttle lever as possible
• Re: WTB: Manual-style throttle bolt
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:52:49 -0700
  RE: Cruise Attachement I'll take a look tomorrow and snap a couple of pictures....
• Re: Mostly Cruise Control, some shrubs
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:14:11 -0500
  Jim, As I wrote to tabe, there are many detailed descriptions of troubleshooting and fixing the cruise control in the list archives. Might also...
• aftermarket cruise (rostra) to VW stalk switch
  Historical mailing list - Tim King
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:51:55 -0700
  So, I'm getting ready to tackle the install of my Rostra Global Cruise (electronic, no vacuum). I sourced a Jetta turn stalk with...
• hot air
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Wed, 17 May 2000 08:56:51 -0400
  ...TJK Incidentally, I'm committing the ultimate Land Cruiser sacrilege this weekend: attending a Land Cruiser outing sans Land Cruiser, and with Vanagon. Ha...
• Re: Cruise Control Speed Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:03:51 -0500
  The Bentley is correct, I used to have the same problem, and it was the speed sensor Hector > I was debugging my cruise control...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:20:21 -0800
  ...Todd '88 Westy george jannini wrote: ><< My cruise control just quit. I checked the fuse which controls same >along with the A/C, power...
• Re: don't use cruise control in the rain? Hijacked
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:13:35 -0400
  ...don't use cruise control in the rain? Hijacked >>> After swimming what seemed like a long time we went ashore with relief, > climbed the...
• Audiovox cruise control/Subaru engine
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 27 May 2010 21:46:02 -0800
  ...The cruise control does work, but does not hold speed very well. I tried changing the sensitivity to high, but that just coused lurching...
• Re: Need vehicle speed sensor for cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 14 May 2010 14:56:01 -0400
  ...Well, everything seems to be functioning on by 1991 camper's cruise control > except I found the > resistance to be out of spec. range...
• Re: Value of an '88 Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:01:03 EST
  bought my 88 westy with 68k in 1996 for 9k no ac or cruise though tyler
• Re: Audiovox Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - J \"Westy\"
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 14:11:38 -0600
  I love cruise control - especially in the Vanagon: at nearly 6'3", my ankle gets tired of holding my foot up on the pedal...
• Re: So who sails? I keep forgetting a bunch of the vanagon people also have boats....
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:17:45 -0800
  Currently sail an Ensenada 20 (old Lyle Hess pocket cruiser) and if all goes well about to buy an Alberg 30 for an extended...
• Re: Fuel consumption
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 22:10:12 -0400
  ...After driving various diesels for the past 6 or so years, I think I'm a more conservative driver than any computerized cruise control...
• Short trip report and newbie observations
  Historical mailing list - Chris
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:14:39 -0500
  ...Just as suggested, the van will cruise all day around 4000 rpm without any problem. I got about 22 mpg on the way there...
• Re: [WetWesties] Lola's first test trip: The Good, The Bad & the Ugly. (Sorry, Long)
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:14:22 -0700
  ...Cruise Control I think your other questions have been answered but you didn't say whether the cruise control is stock (original VW) or...
• Re: '88 Vanagon Cruise Control question
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:47:26 -0500
  >>...My cruise control has 'gone away' and I don't know why yet....<< A quick & dirty place to start would be the brake pedal...
• Re: Cruise Control Installers in Northern California?
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:44:17 -0800
  ...Brien <bobrien@cwnet.com> wrote: > > > > Does anyone know of an Audiovox cruise control installer in Northern > > California? I know the topic has been out...
• Re: Granny Gear
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
  Thu, 14 May 1998 04:48:01 -0400
  ...Are you that guy from Kentucky that while driving his brand new custom made van with cruise control, put it on auto-pilot and...
• WTB: Factory cruise control pkg.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 24 May 1999 21:00:24 -0400
  I need the whole shebang, if someone has one for sale. Will consider 1980 VW pickup as trade. :-)