Done with installing cruise control very good write up

 

This thread was awesome. I ended up buying the individual components for under $70 and I just finished the install. It took me a bit longer, about 2 hours because I didn't have that bent flathead screwdriver like it was shown in the original writeup.

My steering wheel was on pretty tight, too. I took some extra time to wiggle it out and try not to knock my teeth out when it finally came loose.

Yeah, this is a must have. Thanks for the informative writeup.

 

Horn Button/Rim? Is that the rear cover that is held in by 4 screws?

I noticed my original was the same as he replacement, except for the opening for the cruise control yoke.

You "could" just trim the original one. The plastic is thin enough. The two screw holes for the yoke is there. Just need to cut an opening right down to the two screw holes and make it wide enough for the yoke to go in.

 

I did this and all was great until wheel'n in rocks and mud. Now, the cruise indicator will turn on right after starting but once I start to drive it won't turn on.

I have read something about the speed sensors but I don't know how to check them and I have no other symptoms.

 

Just took an hour from battery disconnect to test, including notching my shroud and fabricating the "bent screwdriver" by grinding the tip of a cheap hex wrench into a flat head.

The "beep" when I reconnected startled me - and I knew it was coming. Is the horn under the passenger fender.

Works great - thanks

 

I trimmed my shroud. Look on the inside of the shroud for a light outline of the area to be notched. Used a 1/2 bit in the drill press to cut the tip of the notch. it made a nice round tip. Make sure you secure the shroud, if the bit yanks it out of your hands things get crazy

Then simple cut straight lines between the steering wheel side of the shroud and the edge of the hole. Clean up with dremel and/or sandpaper.

 

For $20, Radio Shack sells a soldering iron kit that includes a "hot exacto blade". Perfect for a project like this.

 

I didn't get all scientific when it came to picking the screws. I just grabbed my box of drill bits, stuck it in the hole to gauge the size, then dug around my box of screws until I found the ones that would fit.

Just remember not to use machine screws or screws with a tight thread pattern. You need a screw that has some aggressive thread spacing. Also, they don't need to be very long.

I ended up using sheet metal screws with a short rounded head for the two smaller ones. Don't over tighten, as the plastic shroud will tear.



For the bigger screw, I went with a slotted one that looked like this. This way I can tighten it with my socket, as it IS going into metal.



During normal use, the cruise control yoke won't be under an enormous amount of stress. So, you don't have to worry about having to over-tightening them.

 

Your directions are flawless and made it very easy for me to install it. No horn though. Thanks much!

 

Installed mine today. Took about an hour. If it were not for these pictures, things would have went much slower and with less confidence. I did not get the horn beep at the end but just took a test drive and all is well. Thanks for the pictures and everyone's input.