Big Dan Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Am I correct in stating that the circled wiring is all related to cruise control? Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
eaglescout526 Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Yup. You have a cruise control harness. There should be three more empty plugs or two. One is brakes, one is the pulse sensor and the other is for the stalk control
Big Dan Posted December 23, 2019 Author Posted December 23, 2019 Thanks.The cruise control isn't functioning but I'm not so sure I want to get in to tackling it. If I remove things, I wanted to make sure I was removing the right things.From what I read, the CC for renix is either a simple fix or pulling teeth. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
eaglescout526 Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 It can be a simple fix. I just went through rigorous testing only to find out the control unit(yellow box) went bad and did so in a spectacular fashion.
Big Dan Posted December 27, 2019 Author Posted December 27, 2019 Did you document the testing in another thread? If not, what sort of testing did you have to do?
Warren Mohler Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 a lot of times its just vac. related make sure all lines to vac.bottle behind front bumper are intact
eaglescout526 Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 Well there is one way to test the harness and I just used a test light to test some of the components like the stalk control. There is a servo test procedure in the FSM that I did to make sure both my servos were good. But for testing the box, there really isn't a way to test it, but how the dealer "tested" it is you have to set the dials at the 10 10 and 3 o clock positions. The two tens would be the dials closest to each other and the three o clock being the dial on the other side. That's how the dealers tested it just to give a base to function. The pulse generator requires you to lift the vehicle in the air and test the pulse sensor with the vehicle on and in gear with a multimeter to test the output. I can't remember if it is in AC or DC you test the pulses. As Warren said, vac lines can be a culprit to. I will have to get to my FSM tomorrow unless you have the electronic one to consult. I to a degree documented it but didn't in my build.
Warren Mohler Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 I worked on a bunch of these in the past you test everything around the controller if all checks out replace yellow controller, we did have an LED tester that plugged into harness in place of controller that showed function of switches-inputs made it fairly easy, could probably find on Ebay I wouldn't turn screws on controller, they are factory set and are VERY touchy
eaglescout526 Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 Warren. I searched up and down left and right for that tester. Only one showed up on eBay and the seller wanted $325 for it. It is a non existent tool sadly.
Warren Mohler Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 8 hours ago, Warren Mohler said: LED tester that plugged into harness in place of controller found it on ebay, way too much $ but thats it ,worked well
Big Dan Posted December 30, 2019 Author Posted December 30, 2019 What's the listing number (or link)? I'm not spending that kind of money on it, but, I would like to look at it.
eaglescout526 Posted December 30, 2019 Posted December 30, 2019 https://www.ebay.com/itm/DANA-ELECTRONIC-CRUISE-CONTROL-TESTER-W-HARNESS-ADAPTER-USED-IN-GOOD-CONDITION/291890471087?hash=item43f60720af:g:IJMAAOSw8gVX6sk7 Merry Christmas. This guy is dreaming he will get that much. Might as well sit on his shelf and collect dust.
Big Dan Posted December 30, 2019 Author Posted December 30, 2019 EeeeeeshSent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
eaglescout526 Posted December 30, 2019 Posted December 30, 2019 Yup. Guy wants that much for a very obsolete and almost non existent cruise set up tester. Supposedly a lot of the other car companies of the 80’s used the DANA cruise control system but all I found was AMC and Ford used them.
Warren Mohler Posted December 30, 2019 Posted December 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, Big Dan said: Eeeeeesh there were others that did same thing, this was the one I used WAY TOO MUCH $. I just looked some as low as $50 you have to see if they would adapt to AMC
eaglescout526 Posted December 30, 2019 Posted December 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, Warren Mohler said: there were others that did same thing, this was the one I used WAY TOO MUCH $. I just looked some as low as $50 you have to see if they would adapt to AMC See I was genuinely looking for a older GM tester or something like such including the Kent Moore tools but was worried that the tester wouldn’t plug into that AMC control board plug. And I didn’t want to dump money into something that would be used sparingly.
Warren Mohler Posted December 30, 2019 Posted December 30, 2019 don't blame you, most tests could be done with a volt/ohm meter just takes a lot longer, these were good systems most times problems were vac or switch stalk related. a lot of times just dump valve on brake pedal got out of adjustment
eaglescout526 Posted December 30, 2019 Posted December 30, 2019 I found that a test light works well for the switches rather than using a volt meter.
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