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From: king@kestrel.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: After Market Cruise Control Installations
Message-ID: <1452@kestrel.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 18:39:14 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 18:39:14 1985
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Organization: Kestrel Institute, Palo Alto, CA
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Summary: Maybe Sears thinks 80MPH = disengaged clutch

In article <459@philabs.UUCP>, scb@philabs.UUCP (Sean Byrne) writes:
> 
> based on the ramblings on the net about the sears autocruise, i picked
> one up for my 79 Prelude.  Installation was about 6 hours (they've cleaned
> up the kits some) and eveything worked the first time.  There are no longer
> any chains or switched hooked up to the pedals, instead the cutoff switch
> is spliced into the brake switch and for manual transmission there is a
> sensor you hang on the distributor wire that will disengage the system
> if it detects a sudden increase in rpm.  The only problem being that it
> can't seem to hold cruise much above 80mph.  It will work for about 1
> minute and then disengage.  Suggestions are welcomed.  (Not that I
> drive 80 mph, all the time... :-)

Maybe the autocruise is not detecting a sudden increase in RPM, but
instead has a maximum RPM or a maximum pulse rate, above which it
can't believe you have the clutch engaged.

-dick