Cruise Control?????

[LEB Ben]

Alright boys and girls...the honey hole I picked last week was a great success. I've been wanting to get cruise control for my rigs for a while. That said, I know exactly bumpkiss about the system...never even seen one in person, don't have a clue what parts are even involved, or how it's mounted. I know you need the speed control steering wheel, there's something that hooks up to the carb/throttle linkage and a speedo cable. Is cruise control specific to any of the dentside years??? What's the difference between dealer and factory cruise control.

I picked up a couple parts...2 speedo cables and the thing in the following pic for $20...good deal or bad deal???

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. How many more pieces do I need???

 

[fatherdoug]

Ben, most of the pieces are posted in the '78 manual section. Do you have the piece that fits in between the two sections of speedo cable? If I remember right, you also need a black box that sits behind the dash board?

 

[LEB Ben]

Thanks Doug...I'll give the manual a look. Do you know if the pieces are swappable year to year??? Can the pieces work with an aftermarket carb???

 

[Ranger429]

. Do you know if the pieces are swappable year to year??? Can the pieces work with an aftermarket carb???

78 was the first year for cruise so yes 78-79 will be the same. With the right adaptor it will.

You need the speed sensor (piece between the 2 speedo cables) upper and lower speedo cables, looks like you have the servo (piece with the chain), hard to tell but did you get the mounting bracket for the servo? And as stated you need the black box (speed control amplifier) behind the dash, the ground brush that mounts below the steering wheel, I think the stoplight switch is different with cruise and you will need the stoplight switch harness and probably some other wiring, not sure if all harness' have the complete wiring hook up.

Bigger pictures in this link: http://www.supermotors.net/registry/20292/81795

If you need some help with wire colors/numbers I loaded this stuff up a while ago.

Bigger pics, follow the link: http://www.supermotors.net/registry/20292/77098

 

[fatherdoug]

Scott already posted most of this, but I found the link to the cruise control section.

http://www.fordtruckfanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31392

 

[Ranger429]

Yours scanned much better, did you pull the book apart?

 

[fatherdoug]

Yours scanned much better, did you pull the book apart?

Not intentionally. I ended up losing about 4 pages on each end that tore off. I was able to find a well-used copy that folded flat for most of the scans.

 

[LEB Ben]

Thanks for the info guys...looks like I have a few more parts to collect then.

 

[Workin' Rig]

I seen a brochure from 73 with factory cruise...my 77 has dealer cruise...that dont work

 

[Ranger429]

I seen a brochure from 73 with factory cruise...my 77 has dealer cruise...that dont work

Really? I could of swore that 78 was the first year for cruise in a truck.

 

[Workin' Rig]

Thought it was 73 but it was 76....

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/76fp/bilder/4.jpg

 

[fatherdoug]

The 1976 sales brochure shows a picture of a cruise module located in the steering wheel. I don't know about anything before that.

 

[DNFXDLI]

I'm thinking 76 for on the wheel...I think Carpenter has repro's of that. Not sure about the dealer installed ones though.

 

[G.O. Stang]

This should help.
http://bit.ly/13G8gsT

 

[LEB Ben]

This should help.
http://bit.ly/13G8gsT

That does help significantly. Thanks.

 

[Ranger429]

80-up steering wheel, no resume on pre 79's. Wonder what else he has mixed up in there.

 

[DNFXDLI]