Cruise Control

[Garry]

Thinking a bit harder......I think you are right Casey. I changed my steering wheel a while back and had to swap the cruise buttons over and now I vaugely remember having to drill an extra hole for the wires for the cruise buttons. Old age is bad for the memory. My apologies for leading everyone astray.

[TieNN89]

I've got my cruise control trying to start my installation now

can anyone help me out by tell me where abouts the accuator is mounted in your mx5?

pics would help too

also if anyone knows what colour and where i can find the rpm and speedo wires

Thanks heaps:D

[Garry]

They mounted my actuator over near the diagnostics box for some reason, and ran a long cable over to the throttle following the brake lines along the firewall. They mounted the vacuum canistor on the shock tower brace bracket on the drivers side. It was originally mounted in the free space near the ABS unit but they moved it when I complained about it running out of vacuum. But it didn't help. All the electricals are mounted near the fuse box under the dash.

[Casey]

They mounted my actuator over near the diagnostics box for some reason, and ran a long cable over to the throttle following the brake lines along the firewall. They mounted the vacuum canistor on the shock tower brace bracket on the drivers side. It was originally mounted in the free space near the ABS unit but they moved it when I complained about it running out of vacuum. But it didn't help. All the electricals are mounted near the fuse box under the dash.

I wonder how they thought that would help? First they tell you the controls are battery powered, then they think moving the actuator would fix a vacuum problem???

FWIW mine is also mounted in about the same position. I think its so far away from the throttle belcrank as they are not supposed to shorten the cable.

Make sure you don't cable tie the actuator cable tightly to the bodywork - it needs to be able to allow for the engine movement. Otherwise, when the engine torques over on its engine mounts, the cable outer may get pulled out of the actuator and then catch on the actuator body when the engine returns to its normal position. Ask me how I know...

[TieNN89]

Alright so how do you know? lol you asked

Anyway my cruise control install is almost done I just gota secure the acuator and all the other engine bay bits

finishing wiring the remote make everything all neat under my dash and its almost full LOL so i think i should stop adding gadgets lol

hopefully i got the wire colours right

will find out tomorrow when i finish my install

and I was logging my fuel consumption but since i remove the earth on the battery its rest itself

[TieNN89]

[quote="manga_blue"]I used the existing clutch and brake pedal switches
/quote]

How did you use the existing clutch switch?

[Casey]

Alright so how do you know? lol you asked

One and half redlined smokey orbits in third gear before I could reach down and turn the engine off. Luckily this happened on a motorkhana course and not the road. And no I don't use cruise during a motorkhana, so the cruise wasn't even turned on, let alone engaged.

[TieNN89]

dam

Thanks everyone for the help My Cruise Control is installed

And thanks for the pics .... manga_blue without your input I'll probably be still working out how to make a bracket for the clutch switch