Another vacuum generator question

[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


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Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:16 AM
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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" wrote:
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@
yahoogroups.com, "davidkerryedwards"
> wrote:
> >
> >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
>






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[davidkerryedwards]

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" wrote:
>
> 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" wrote:
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@
> yahoogroups.com, "davidkerryedwards"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >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
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>