Cruse Control

[Jon]

I have the original 1978 mechanical cruse control on my bird. It
was
working but it just quite for some reason. I have traced part of
the problem to the vacuum pump and fixed that (The internal vain
pump rotor seals were frozen. I fixed that and now I get plenty of
vacuum but I was wondering how can you test one of these units
without driving down the road. Is there any schematics for this old
system? And is there a fuse on this unit somewhere? Thanks jon

Jon
1978 Wanderlodge

[Jon]

Last year I rebuilt my cruse control vacuum motor (Located in forward
compartment under passenger side). The vacuum pump compression slide
operating fins were frozen in place and all it would do is spin
around and not cause a vacuum to be created. Well the good news is
that after I completely cleaned out the pump end of the motor it
really does work now. I took it out for a test run befor winter and
well to make it short the cruse control still did not work!

But coming back from our little get-together up in LaConnor this past
weekend I took the freeway back and tested it again and this time it
worked. Now here is my question? The cruse control I have will
activate when you depress a button located on signal arm but takes
about 10 seconds for the control to take over. Basically I haft to
speed up and depress the activation button and let it coast till it
kick into the cruse control operation. So if I want to do say 60
mph, I haft to go up to 65 mph and push the control button and let
the coach coast till it kicks in at somewhere 5 mph below the
previous speed.

Is there some control that I can adjust to make this kick in faster
or just live with this operation?
Thanks Jon

Jon Lechich
78 Wanderlodge
Bremerton Washington
Rebel Bird

[Chuck Wheeler]

I f every thing else is working correctly usually this kind of problem is
due to incorrect slack adjustment on the throttle control. There is also a
"centering" adjustment on the green or purple box that can correct this if
there are no mechanical problems.



- Chuck Wheeler -

82 FC 31 SB

Fort Worth, TX

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Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Cruse Control



Last year I rebuilt my cruse control vacuum motor (Located in forward
compartment under passenger side). The vacuum pump compression slide
operating fins were frozen in place and all it would do is spin
around and not cause a vacuum to be created. Well the good news is
that after I completely cleaned out the pump end of the motor it
really does work now. I took it out for a test run befor winter and
well to make it short the cruse control still did not work!

But coming back from our little get-together up in LaConnor this past
weekend I took the freeway back and tested it again and this time it
worked. Now here is my question? The cruse control I have will
activate when you depress a button located on signal arm but takes
about 10 seconds for the control to take over. Basically I haft to
speed up and depress the activation button and let it coast till it
kick into the cruse control operation. So if I want to do say 60
mph, I haft to go up to 65 mph and push the control button and let
the coach coast till it kicks in at somewhere 5 mph below the
previous speed.

Is there some control that I can adjust to make this kick in faster
or just live with this operation?
Thanks Jon

Jon Lechich
78 Wanderlodge
Bremerton Washington
Rebel Bird





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