

| Subject: | Re: Help: Vanagon Cruise Control |
| Date: | Tue, 11 Jun 1996 10:39:26, -0500 |
This reminds me of the Poor Man's cruise control I did for our 71 camper- cut a piece of wood into an arch that followed the gas pedal edge as it arced thru its travel. Notched the wood so it would catch a metal lip I bolted to far edge of gas pedal. Made a pivot point in bottom of wood piece and a bracket bolted to floor behind gas pedal so when pulled foward, pedal would be held by a slot. Attach a choke cable control to dash and mount other end thru floor and back up between gas pedal mount and bracket for slotted wood. the cable attaches to wood pivot so when knob is pulled, pedal is held at position of slot! Pushing knob released it, AND I installed a rod on brake pedal bent so it pushed a rod coming out of side of slotted pivot when you panic braked and kills gas pedal control- Worked great for those long flat hauls to Fla. when you (a) want to rest foot by laying up on dash (b) switch drivers while tooling down the road (c) take off your shoes! Of course this works not as well on mountains, but then was a very cheap system!!!! MB in NJ (I miss that 71 camper!)
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