[Rhodes22-list] 2nd Reply to Brad about Problem

[Tootle]

Brad: 

      Somehow you missed the first reply, see it at: 
http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2007-January/037268.html

      Or just look below:


Tootle wrote:
> 
> Brad:
>                I will describe the problem below.  First, Dan Bodnar is no
> longer on the list.  I wonder if the boat that Tom bought was Dan’s? 
> Maybe he ran into a downsizing at Ford and quietly departed.  He was on
> the list as of last May.
> 
> 	The problem is as follows:  When I first use the van to go somewhere, say
> the boat, it works fine.  After I shut if off and do something then go
> somewhere else it will not engage, or at least not for quite a while. 
> After about an hour driving sometimes I can get it to engage for no
> apparent reason other than time.
> 
> 	A search of the internet and Chilton’s manuals yields the following
> information:
> First, this is the same cruise (speed) control that Ford was involved in
> litigation and recalls over the cruise not disengaging and causing fires. 
> I have no history on this van if it was modified under any recalls, but
> that is not the issue.
> 
> 	This control shuts off when brakes are applied or the motor shuts off. 
> However, I have not verified disengagement by checking voltage across
> switch.
> 
> 	On the internet there are a couple of references to the same problem as I
> describe to other 1999 F-150 Ford Vans.  They suggest three areas of
> problems.  First, they suggest the switching device in the steering wheel. 
> Apparently a spring can become sloppy with age and the control lever can
> wear with age.  Now I believe that I know enough about switches to clean
> and adjust a spring if I knew how to get at it.
> 
> 	Second, they refer to the actual cruise control device as defective and
> third, they refer to brake on/off switch.
> 
> 	Attached is a signal schematic that I got from Chilton’s.
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> 
> 
> 
> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>> 
>> Ed,
>> 
>> What are the symptoms or the problem?  They all work pretty much the
>> same.
>> My A & P mechanics license has a lot of rust on it but I'm slowly getting
>> up
>> to speed with the new airplane.  Give me a description of the behavior
>> and
>> I'll take a stab at it!
>> 
>> Brad
>> 
>> 
>> On 1/2/07, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       Several years ago we had an expert with Ford vehicles on this
>>> list.
>>> Are you still there?
>>>
>>>       An expert in truck cruise controls will suffice.  Are there any of
>>> those?
>>>
>>> Ed K
>>> Greenville, SC, USA
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>  http://www.nabble.com/file/5272/Schematic%201999.jpg Schematic 1999.jpg 
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