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b-juggles · 12-24-2003, 14:07

Hey all,

My curuise control doesn't seem to be working. What could be the problem here? it turns on, but when I try to set it, it doesn't work. Where is the vacuum thing located...i couldn seem to find itas I think it could be that possibly - it was working fine the other day though....

Thanks

Brendan

car is 92 nc fairlane of the v8 variety

svo347 · 12-24-2003, 14:15

If you have a manual, check the clutch & brake switch , mine stopped working because it needed an adjustment.
For an auto just adjust the brake switch
I hope that solves the problem for you..
Merry Xmas

b-juggles · 12-24-2003, 14:46

thanks svo...its auto...which one is the brake switch...is that the same one that activates the lights?

also, how do you adjust the cable? i assume it would be the same for auto as is for manual?

Merry Christmas

Noboss · 12-24-2003, 18:54

Take the steering wheel off and put a little vasalene on all the conector rings this might fix it .........

NZ · 12-25-2003, 01:29

If moving the brake switch toward the pedel doesnt cure the problem check there is actually vacumn there. Also another thing to check is that the vac line and vac resivoir are still ok. The vac resivoir is bolted to the drivers side strut tower. The hoses become hard and brittle with the heat from the V8. So much the resivoir on mune has gotten soft at some point and the vac has sucked it in creating a small hole. The cruise still actuallly workes but the hole was small. those would be the things to check first. After that check the brake switch is ok. the cruise system has 2 ways it will be disabled. One from the vac which is dropped out when the brake is applied and 2 the electrical switch which in effect does the same thing as the coast/resume switch. If the electrical side of it is snafu that will cause the cruise to stop working.