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Chuck.H Chuck.H is offline
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Check that the plastic ferrule near the end of the CC throttle cable is firm in the square peg holder. I have to hold mine in place with a small zip tie because some part of the black plastic broke like 300k miles ago. Sorry no picture, but I simply zip tie mine in there firmly. It holds good and I use my cruise ALL the time (mostly to avoid tickets).

I suppose this could also be the CC actuator not having enough grunt to pull the throttle open quickly? Does the throttle move smoothly in and out if you pull on that lever the CC cable attaches to?

BTW, on my '89 I can lightly put my foot on the throttle and feel the CC pulling the throttle as I encounter a hill - maybe you can also feel some pulsing at the wrong times? For example a big drop down and then a gradual adjustment up which might indicate something is sticking? I think the CC makes small adjustments all the time, and if a small adjustment 'jumps' for some reason it will end up large than the CC intended and then it will re-adjust to compensate, hence speed up and down. Just a thought.

Chuck.H
'89 TurboLookTarga, 362k miles
Old 09-12-2013, 01:43 PM
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