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Subject:engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
From:Eric Zeno
Date:Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:18:20 -0400

I'm suprized at the trouble you subaru people will go
thru, (like making these circuits), to fit a cross bread
engine.  IF a Subaru is so good just go buy one.
There are no issues like this with an inline vw
engines to solve.  Good engineering does things as
simple as possible.  VW kept things simple.  You
need to keep it that way.
                                           Eric

PS  There is only 2 type's of people: VW type engineering
people, and then there are engineering nightmares.

Steve wrote:

> At 10:58 PM 10/25/2004, jbange wrote:
>
>> Anyone know where to find an OEM-style cruise control speedometer
>> sensor?
>> Building a trip computer and thought I'd see how the old analog type
>> works
>> before I bother to rig up a hall effect sensor.
>>
>> John Bange
>> '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
>
> --------------
>
> John,
> I sell a Hall effect VSS that fits in the stock cruise sensor hole in
> '86 and
> later speedos. It's intended to satisfy the needs of the Subaru ECU and
> it outputs 3 different signals.
>
> 1) 0-5 volt square wave pulse at 4 pulses per speedo cable revolution.
> 2) 0-5 volt square wave pulse at 2 pulses per speedo cable revolution.
> (for
> Syncro)
> 3) Open collector output (just pulses to ground) Either 2 or 4 pulses
> per rev.
>
> Comes with mounting screws and instructions.
>
> Follow the link in my sig line...
>
>
> Steve
> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"  (EJ22)
> '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
> ++++++++++
> Universal Hall effect VSS fits '86 and later speedo. Works with 2WD or
> Syncro.
> http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/weird/stuff/automotive/vanagon/vss.html
> Need a cure for the Subie-Westy "alternator light problem"?
> http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/weird/stuff/automotive/vanagon/alt_fix.html
>