[DeTomaso] More cruise control issues

Larry Finch fresnofinches at aol.com
Mon Aug 31 21:17:42 EDT 2009


.....in a car that has more than one forward gear, RPM is less than
useless....

Not really, at least in our case.

Just when is someone going to 'set' a cruise?  In third gear, fourth?

Noooo, it will be set at highway speed, in fifth gear.  And then it  
does become, in essence, a one-(gear) car.

And once in fifth gear,  an engine RPM signal will work just fine  
until you shift.  And doesn't any clutch pedal use release the cruise,  
anyway?

Or heck, get the Ford OEM piece I referenced earlier in the day that  
generates a signal from the RPM of the speedo cable.

Larry




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