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- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Cruise Control w/ Manual Transmission
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 22:25:34 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Nov18.165042.4192@engage.pko.dec.com> <1992Nov17.180052.25805@unocal.com> <1992Nov17.193931.5164@scott.skidmore.edu> <1992Nov18.001539.17655@rchland.ibm.com> <1992Nov18.035658.14660@EE.Stanford.EDU>
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- In a previous article, sontakke@helix.enet.dec.com (Vikas Sontakke) says:
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- >
- >Some carmakers take the cheap way out and put the vacuum dump switch on the
- >clutch pedal, brake pedal. They use brake light signal to deactivate the cruise
- >control electronically. The vacuum dump switch is fall-back mechanism.
- >Note the lack of electrical switch on the clutch.
- >
- >Suppose you are going up the hill on the cruise control and decide the upshift.
- >Since the gas pedal is already pulled in by cruise control cable, by the time
- >vaccum switch dumps all the vaccum and disconnects the cruise control, engine
- >would be racing.
- >
- >This is exactly what happened on my SHO. I suppose I could figure out a way to
- >adjust the clutch vacuum switch but manual does mention any way of doing that.
- >
- >I know the vacuum switch works because I can press the clutch pedal on the level
- >road under cruise and it will disconnect.
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- so plug up the hole for the vaccuum switch, buy a small switch, and place it
- in the same circuit as the brake light one!?
- DREW
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