Another vacuum generator question
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09-13-2006, 14:07
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Another vacuum generator question
Thanks. If I can't find an acceptable vacuum generator replacement (which looks
unlikely at the moment since I haven't been able to find a self--regulating one which shuts off once vacuum is adequate)I'll go with a global cruise. Kerry 82 FC 35 Denver --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Wheeler" > > Kerry, > I put a global cruise on my 82. The servo is electric. I used the original > speed sensor and control on the turn signal stalk. It took about a half a > day to install and a couple of runs down the highway to get the sensitivity > set the way I like it. It has worked great ever since. Make sure the servo > has a good ground. Being electric it draws more current than the control > valves in the vacuum unit. > > - Chuck Wheeler - > 82 FC 31 SB > Fort Worth, TX > > > _____ > > From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of davidkerryedwards > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:16 AM > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Another vacuum generator question > > > > Jim: > Thanks, that explains it. I'm pretty sure mine had a leak in the > diaphragm. If it didn't before I disassembled it, it definitely does > now! I'm not sure the vacuum generators I have sourced have that > self-control shut off feature. Did you use the Rostra Global Cruise > as a replacement? How is the servo operated on that unit and how long > did it take to install it? > > Kerry > 82 FC 35 > Denver- > > -- In WanderlodgeForum@ > yahoogroups.com, "bluebird3208" > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@ > yahoogroups.com, "davidkerryedwards" > > > > > > > >The generator is a venturi unit as you know. It has a valve in it > > controlled by a diaphram. Air passes by the venturi and is vented. The > > vented air includes the air it pulls with it to create a vaccum. when > > enough vacum has been generated, the sensing line "s" pulls the > > diaphram and closes the valve. If you connect the vacum line to the > > sensing line no air should be comming out of the vent. If it does the > > diaphram has a hole in it. The vaccum line and the sensing line should > > be routed to a vaccum canister to hold enough vaccum to operate the > > billows of the cruise control. Once the canister gets enough vaccum in > > it the sensing line closes the the valve. I had my fill of the entire > > unit and replaced the curise control with an electric unit. It works > > very well is on fourth the size and is remoted outside of the engine > > compartment. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Jim > > > > Yorba Linda, CA > > 82 35 FC > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > |
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