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FC Air System- info needed
03-17-2009, 12:00
Post: #10
FC Air System- info needed
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" wrote:
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>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, cfsomers@ wrote:
> >
> > Who makes an electric cruise control? Mine went out 4 years ago. How
> much
> > work is there to install?
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > 81SBFC
> > Florida
> >
> > > When my vacuum generator failed I did buy a couple of vacuum
> generators
> > > which I had planned to use to replace the original. My memory is
> that I
> > > chose not to use them because none of them had the built in shut off
> > > diaphragm like the Wanderlodge original. All the ones I could find
> would
> > > have been running constantly whereas the OE shut off when the
> appropriate
> > > vacuum level was reached. The OE was a part used on old Ford trucks
> as I
> > > recall. Perhaps an old Ford truck forum might have info on a
> suitable
> > > replacement. I looked for a long time for a vacuum generator with a
> built
> > > in shut off valve and couldn't find one. I'm sure that someone with
> the
> > > skills of a Cuban mechanic could adapt some kind of generator to
> work. I
> > > concluded an electric cruise control was a better option
> > >
> > > Kerry
> > > 82 FC 35
> > > Denver
>
>
>
>
>
> Kerry did you ever get your cruse control to work? I just took mine
> apart and cleaned up the internals and now it works perfect. But I
> don't think mine has any vacumm censor device that will turn it oft and
> on at a certain vacumm pressure. If there is such a device I have
> never seen it on my coach.
>
>
>
> Jon
>
> Rebel Bird
>
> Bremerton washington

JON-

Did you just do your vac generator or did you do the whole cruise mechanism.
Mine does not work either. Mechanic said it was not worth fooling with
(probably true at his rate). I need another project to put on the list.

John Churchill
1980 FC33
LARGE MARGE
Sanibel, FL
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Messages In This Thread
FC Air System- info needed - Robin - 03-14-2009, 10:12
FC Air System- info needed - Scott Forman - 03-14-2009, 14:00
FC Air System- info needed - david edwards - 03-15-2009, 03:14
FC Air System- info needed - Peggy & Ed McStay - 03-15-2009, 07:25
FC Air System- info needed - david edwards - 03-16-2009, 01:55
FC Air System- info needed - Stephen Birtles - 03-16-2009, 02:01
FC Air System- info needed - david edwards - 03-17-2009, 02:00
FC Air System- info needed - cfsomers@... - 03-17-2009, 11:05
FC Air System- info needed - Jon - 03-17-2009, 11:47
FC Air System- info needed - Robin - 03-17-2009 12:00
FC Air System- info needed - pattypape - 03-17-2009, 13:03
FC Air System- info needed - timvasqz - 03-17-2009, 14:48
FC Air System- info needed - Jon - 03-17-2009, 15:40
FC Air System- info needed - david edwards - 03-18-2009, 02:03



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