Cruise Control
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2nd Gear
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Cruise Control
Hi all. I have a problem. I want to reinstall cruise in my 77, all the stuff is there to do that except the cruise control lever/button on the colunm. The book says it should be on the tilt lever but all the order houses say it is on the turn signal. It's a 77, the first year this came out I guess so I'm stuck. Any help would be appreciated.
Le Mans Master
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I have a 77 with cruise control and it is on the turn signal lever. It's not all that great, hunts a bit has a hard time holding speed. The only way to disengage it is with the brake pedal.
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If you aren't that crazy about keeping the car entirely stock, you could purchase an aftermarket cruise control kit and hook up the 'new' control unit to the existing wiring, vacuum line and to the existing turn signal control switch. The Chevrolet Chassis Service Manual has the electrical diagram for the switch connections so that you could interface it with the 'new' control wiring. The cost for an AudioVox cruise control would be about the same as what a replacement for your stock cruise head would be.
Le Mans Master
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I have a 77 with cruise control and it is on the turn signal lever.
wiper/washer and blinker on other lever.
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77 Cruise Control
Thanks everyone for your replys. I guess the other question is, where can I get the tilt lever with the cruise control switch? Ecklers, Corvette Central, Mid America, none of them can help with this. Thanks.
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