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Subject:Re: your opinion please - part 2
From:Pete Cassidy
Date:Mon, 7 Jun 1999 14:28:22 -0700

Cooper, Jonathan R. said:

>I have done this, that is tap the clutch with the cruise on (not on
>purpose, I just wasn't thinking) and sure enough the engine began to
>head for the fat red line. I caught it in time though. I wondered who
>would put in a cruise that way. Mine is aftermarket. It probably only
>came with one switch so the shop that installed it made a choice. I wish
>they had picked the other pedal.

My guess is they trigger the cutoff on the brake light switch. It should
be easy (electrically) to add another switch to the clutch pedal &
wire it into the brake sense circuit (with one or two diodes) on the
cruise ECU.

Just a thought ....

Pete C

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