Cruise Control Removing?
10-19-2006, 05:06 PM
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Cruise Control Removing?
So I have been looking to remove things that I don't need as a means to save weight and to clean up the cluttered engine bay. Since I converted the Cruise Control toggle switch to be for something else since the Cruise Control doesn't work, I thought I would just go out and remove it completely, plugging any vacuum ports that were left over. I followed the Hayne's Manual to see what was for the Cruise Control, and after removing it all, I went to start the car, only to find that the car would not stay running after startup, it would just start and die.
I put the Cruise Control back on, and it ran like total crap for about 10 minutes, bogging when I would hit the gas, but then I guess it recalibrated and now it runs fine.
With the throttle linkage working the way it does, is it possible to remove the Cruise Control and still have a working car, or do we have to keep it in order for the car to run?
I put the Cruise Control back on, and it ran like total crap for about 10 minutes, bogging when I would hit the gas, but then I guess it recalibrated and now it runs fine.
With the throttle linkage working the way it does, is it possible to remove the Cruise Control and still have a working car, or do we have to keep it in order for the car to run?
10-19-2006, 05:30 PM
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All my cruise control shiz has been removed... no problems. The cruise control & ecu don't have much in common... just the speed sensor wire. It sounds like something is getting tweaked in the throttle linkage... double check to make sure it doesn't move when you take off the cc cable @ the firewall.
10-19-2006, 06:21 PM
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yea I made sure it all synced up properly, but here's where mine is having a problem... on my throttle line (coming from the gas pedal), the lever that moves when you push the gas doesn't seem to even be attached to the rest of the linkage... when I press the gas it pushes it up but when I let go it just falls back down... however, the cruise control linkage seems to be what is pulling the throttle to keep the engine from dying...
10-20-2006, 10:30 AM
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Haha thats funny. My cruise control bracket, on the throttle linkage, was sticking and all i did was lub e her up and she's doing just fine. I took off the CC and asserories and its still doing fine, why don't you just disconnect the CC linkage and try with just the throttle...
10-22-2006, 06:51 PM
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not sure, but when I have the CC linkage off, and start the car, it starts and then dies... when I got out and moved the throttle with my hand, it would but but the linkage going to the Throttle Body doesn't move at all... not sure what the deal is...
10-23-2006, 07:12 AM
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Did you remove the cruise control linkage assembly from the throttle shaft at the firewall? If you removed the entire assembly then the throttle linkage would no longer be linked to your accelerator pedal. I simply removed the cable and left the linkage in place. I too have removed the entire CC without a hiccup.
10-23-2006, 08:52 AM
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ya, that's what it sounded like. You move the throttle body arm but the linkage on the manifold doesn't move?? umm... connect the linkage to your gas pedal. 
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10-24-2006, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by jfairladyz
Did you remove the cruise control linkage assembly from the throttle shaft at the firewall? If you removed the entire assembly then the throttle linkage would no longer be linked to your accelerator pedal. I simply removed the cable and left the linkage in place. I too have removed the entire CC without a hiccup.
10-24-2006, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by xtreme 2
Yea that's exactly my problem... How do I remove the cable but leave the linkage in place? Can you snap a pic so I can see?
10-26-2006, 09:42 AM
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without it all it would do was crank... even now, after putting it back on, it tries to bog down in the lower rpms... that's the only thing I've done to it too, haven't touched the rest of the motor...
