

| Subject: | Weird cruise control problem |
| From: | Brent Christensen |
| Date: | Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:23:21 -0800 |
This morning on my daily drive to my new job here in town (my first time actually driving to work in about 6 years), I noticed that my cruise control was acting strangely. I was cruising at about 65 (in the slow lane of course) and pushed in the cruise button. I held it there for a second while holding the speed at an even 65, then let go of the button and then the throttle. Normally, this results in the Syncro maintaining speed; this time it slowly crept down to about 60 and then felt like it was continuing to lose steam slowly. I tried it again with the same results. Then I checked and made sure the cruise was engaged - yep. Then I tried the same thing with the cruise turned off. This time there was the usual rapid loss of speed that is normal to cars *without* cruise control... So, it seems that the cruise control is doing *something* but not enough to maintain speed. Any ideas? Should I be checking for leaks in a vacuum diaphragm somewhere? (I know that's how a lot of other cruise control units work). Any suggestions as to where to look would be appreciated... Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus" Santa Barbara, CA
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