Cruise Control Wiring Harness
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Safety Car
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From: Raleigh NC
Cruise Control Wiring Harness
Anybody know why the cruise control wiring harness has about 30 feet of extra wire taped up inside of it?
I was going to just run a couple of wires out to the tranducer, but I saw that bundle of wires and got suspicious that it has a purpose.
So I ordered and installed a replacement harness. Which also had the same lump of wires in it.
Why? Just curious.
I was going to just run a couple of wires out to the tranducer, but I saw that bundle of wires and got suspicious that it has a purpose.
So I ordered and installed a replacement harness. Which also had the same lump of wires in it.
Why? Just curious.
Drifting
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From: Halifax, NS, Canada
It is possible that it was cheaper for GM to make the harness to fit multiple vehicles. If the only difference was the length in wire, then all they did was leave the extra length inside the loom on vehicles that didn't require that length. That is my theory and I am sticking to it :-)
Last edited by Binnie77; Feb 9, 2007 at 06:07 PM.
Pro
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From: Nottingham
I think you're describing the resistance wire, designed to hold the cruise transducer solenoid in with a small current, after it's been engaged with a larger current from the main power feed wire.
If you look at the transducer there are two plugs - "hold" and "engage". You'll probably find the hold terminal connects to the unusually long wire.
If you look at the transducer there are two plugs - "hold" and "engage". You'll probably find the hold terminal connects to the unusually long wire.
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From: Ann Arbor Michigan
Anybody know why the cruise control wiring harness has about 30 feet of extra wire taped up inside of it?
I was going to just run a couple of wires out to the tranducer, but I saw that bundle of wires and got suspicious that it has a purpose.
So I ordered and installed a replacement harness. Which also had the same lump of wires in it.
Why? Just curious.
I was going to just run a couple of wires out to the tranducer, but I saw that bundle of wires and got suspicious that it has a purpose.
So I ordered and installed a replacement harness. Which also had the same lump of wires in it.
Why? Just curious.
