This will be another one of my long winded explanations....

This is basically a universal cruise control kit. It's from a mid 70's Impala. It's very basic, no resume, nothing fancy like that. However, it's very easy to install on pretty much any vehicle, especially 60's cars. I had it in my 65 Acadian for years when it was a 427.

Installation amounts to this-

1) Hook up the open ended vacuum hose to an engine vacuum source.

2) Hook up the pink wire to 12 volts that is fused, easy to find in the fuse box.

3) Hook up the lower speedo cable to the trans,, upper cable to the speedo head.

4) Install the two switches on the brake pedal to turn off the vacuum and power when the brake is applied.

5) Replace the stock signal lever with this lever.

6) Mount the vacuum unit under the hood and install the stud/cable at the carburetor.

This unit served me well for years, up until the car was parked about 1996 for an extended period. I drove the car only a couple of times after that before I pulled the engine. If I remember correctly, before I pulled the engine, the cruise was working but surged, normally a symptom of a bad transducer (the box with the speedo cables and wires running to it). That is why there is a new in the box rebuilt transducer included with the kit.

The other weak link in these kits was the cruise lever on vehicles with tilt steering. The wires eventually fatigued from the tilt being moved up and down. I purposely pulled a lever from an Impala with NO tilt when I bought these parts! (Yes, I know, just a bit anal....) My Acadian never had tilt either, so I would expect the wires in this lever to be good for a while yet.

I looked online to get an idea what the rebuilt transducer is worth. The cheapest I could find was $82 on ebay. I am looking to get $110 shipped anywhere in Canada for this complete setup.








-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Friday 3rd of January 2014 12:22:09 AM