Re: [AMC-List] Thinking about cruise control

[Jeff Reeves <amcnut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Find a Concord/Eagle/Spirit to get the factory cruise from. It's the same amount of work (or less) as installing one of those cheapy aftermarket cruises, it has the correct factory appearance and function, and it's less likely to fail than the cheapy units. In fact, most of the aftermarket cruise units utilize the exact same servo assembly and control box that AMC used on their factory cruise units. I've done this exact same upgrade several times on AMCs, and it's not a bad job to do.

Those "magnet around the driveshaft" setups have never impressed me. It seems very makeshift at best and if the magnets ever come off or the flimsy sensor bracket gets bent,  then what?

Jeff Reeves
Auburn, GA
94 Cherokee
79 Spirit GT
72 Javelin SST
69 Ambassador DPL


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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:54:50 -0800 (PST)
From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AMC-List] Thinking about Cruise Control
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I'm considering adding cruise control to my 77
Gremlin.  The cheapest aftermarket kit I have found is
from Audiovox.  It uses magnets (on the driveshaft
presumably) to detect the speed.

Does anyone have any experience with this unit or
should I try to pull a cruise from a later model AMC
Eagle or Concord?

Regards,
Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA


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