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Subject:Re: Cruise Control Speed Sensor
From:Hector Zapata
Date: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 last night using the Bentley manual.
When
> it came time to check the resistance of the inductive speed sensor
(located
> on the back of  the speedometer) the manual called for 90 to 110 ohms. My
> DMM showed 1.1K. This is 10 times larger than the manual calls for. Since
10
> is nice round number I was wondering if the manual might have a typo and
the
> actual reading should be 900 - 1100 ohms. Anyone out there measure this
> before and what was your reading?
>
> Noel - 88 GL