alltracman78":8qa4no6a said:
IIRC the cruise control gets it's speed signal from the ECU.
However it may work different with a JDM setup. Not sure.
From what I've read, and heard from other Alltrac owners the Cruise control is sorta complicated, there is a Speed Control Unit, located behind the radio, and it also takes signal from a speed sensor that's attached to the transmission, and there is also the switches on the steering wheel that activates it, and apparently the brake pedal has a switch too that deactivates it.
Ive driven the car and sometimes it would turn on sometimes it doesnt. and when it does turn on, sometimes it works for a little bit, then the cruise control light flashes then it shuts off, and makes it inoperable. Then sometimes it just works and everything is okay. I have no idea what and why it does this.
I guess im going to try looking through my BGB BE86 to figure it out, it has a page about reading codes?
July 4th 2020
I know I wanted to save this for last, but I decided to tackle my AC. The car appeared to have been converted to R134a, the "newer" and much more eco friendly refrigerant. But since the system was completely empty, I had to rent a vacuum and ac gauges to refill the system. But upon filling the AC system the line from the compressor to the condenser blew.
July 6th 2020
"R12 Conversion" Yes I decided to switch back to R12. I just like the refrigerant more, it just blows colder. I took the blown line off, and had it repaired by a local hose shop, Had to go back to have them put a heat protectant sleeve over it. Then I pulled off the R134a valves off, and drained what was left of the oil out of the compressor and added some Ester Oil. I called the shop that did work on the car in the past to ask what oil they used, they said they did the conversion in 2007, and they more than likely used ester oil in the system because its compatible with both R12 and R134a refrigerant. They also said that all they had do to with the conversion was change oil, and put the valves on. Upon removing the R134a valves, I noticed one of the original valves took a bit of convincing to accept the schrader valve insert. Now that if everything goes to plan, all I have to do is test for leaks, vaccum, then recharge the system. Hopefully that all goes well this coming Monday. Also I noticed I have a Oil leak on the timing gear side of the motor.