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Subject:Re: cruise controll
From:Daniel Bey
Date:Sun, 18 Oct 1998 23:11:22 EDT

Yes it works on a manual. I should have mention that my Syncro is a manual. I
had to put a speed sensor (magnet) on the main drive shaft close to the trans.

In a message dated 10/18/98 12:52:55 PM, you wrote:

<<Do you think it mite work on a manul tran.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998 08:18:35 EDT, Daniel Bey wrote:

>        Hi all, I just installed an aftermarket curise controll from JC
Whitney on my
>87syncro. It took me the weekend and an extra trip to the local mega hardware
>store to get miles of wire to install it. I also had to connect the extra
>vacuum cannister they recommended (extra part&cost).
>        When driving up hill, that small cannister could not maintain enough
vacuum
>to mantain the cruise speed. So I extended that cannister to the already
>existing cannister used for the differental lock.
>The cruise controll works way cool now. A good deal for around $125.
>Sometimes cheap is good. :-)
>
>Dan
>87 Syncro
>85 Westy
>71 bug conv
>71 bug
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