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Subject:Re: '88 Vanagon - failed cruise control
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:28:49 -0500

I'd check the switch at the brake pedal.  When my cruise sometimes won't
engage, I tap the side of the brake pedal a few times with my foot and
it starts to work again.

Larry A.

John Graham wrote:
> I've had good service out of my Westy, but not long ago, my cruise control
> stopped working.  I know where several of the related parts are and have
> checked for leaking vacuum hoses and disconnected wiring.  Up until it
> failed it had been very reliable.
>
> Any experiences out there with such or suggestions as to most likely things
> to check?  When I try to engage it, it behaves as if it never even got the
> signal to try.  The last couple of times when it did work, it sort of just
> stuttered and then let go.  I miss it and would like to get it going again.
>
> TIA
>
> John Graham
> '88 Westy
> Charlotte, NC
>
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