cruise control tidbit

[ptmoore]

just purchased a 92 4x4 (my first dodge diesel) andall was well except the cc didn't work. first found the watchspring was broken so i replaced it as well as the well worn looking switches in the steering wheel. cruise would now work interrmitantly. next cleaned all the connectors i could find that had to do with the cc including the cps plug by the #1 valve cover. this morning on the way to work i noticed the volt guage slowly drop to about 10v ,thenonmy way home tonite when i turned on the headlights the guage dropped to 8v and so i pulled off the road to check it out. i remember reading a post about the cps being in with the alt. curcuit and low and behold when i lifted the cps plug into a verticle position the lights brightened up so i wiretied the plug to the heater hose and off i went to the house with a charging alt and a WORKING CRUISE CONTROL :--) i m sure of a broken wire in the loom from the cps to the plug so ill order a new cps tommorrow. hope this might help some of u guys having cc problems you may have only a few strands of wire that havnt broken yet . something to check anyway since this connector is not secured from vibration from the factory? by the way how do i add my truck info to the end of a thread or post

 

[Paychk]

by the way how do i add my truck info to the end of a thread or post

Go to the top of the forum page and select "discussion Forums", scroll down to "User Control Panel" & select it. Left had side locate "Edit Signature" & select it. Once you fill it out, then be sure to select save at bottom of signature box.



BTW Welcome to the forum!

 

[ptmoore]

thanks paycheck, great site ya'll have here,glad to be a member

 

[Paychk]

Glad to help out, just paying forward from when I first showed up.

 

[tugboatphil]

Welcome Aboard, PT!! Glad to have you in the asylu... . forum!!

 

[Paychk]

Welcome Aboard, PT!! Glad to have you in the asylu... . forum!!

Na You had it right the first time!

 

[ptmoore]

thanks tugboatphil, the assylum is not so bad, i'v seen alot of good advice posted from the inmates i mean menbers. I decided not to replace the crankposition sensor since there isn't really anything inside one to go bad. Instead i replaced the connector by the valve cover(the brace for the loom had worn thru the wire insulation and the cps was shorting against the bracket) Ya'll be aware that the 3 wires going into the plug do not correspond to the 3 wires coming out of the plug and the wires from the cps are not color coded. Have a continuity tester handy if you do this repair .

 

[BushWakr - RIP]

Hey there PT..... good to have you in the group... . they're all a great bunch of guys in here and no question is to small or trivial... . in fact the only question that is a dumb question is the one you DON'T ask so, have at 'er. .



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