After Market Cruise Control

Thanks for that.
$150 sounds better than $600 to me. I'll do a search of the archives, just a bit busy today and I need to install it soon. Too many cramps in my right leg and a trip to queensland in two weeks...

Do you know if it was steering wheel mounted controls or what?

The Aus Cruise one has steering wheel buttons....i think they make a lot of the OEM stuff for Ford etc, so it is good stuff.

The one that pesty put in has a small box (about the size of a matchbox) which needs to be mounted somewhere. It has the buttons and he mounted his just on the dash about where his right hand sits on the steering wheel....so he can touch the buttons with his extended middle finger (he does that a lot when I'm around...hahaha).

There is no doubt about it, the Aus Cruise unit is classy and is all electronic, whereas the AP50 operates using a vaccuum canister under the bonnet to activate the throttle and a magnet/s on the tailshaft to determine the speed etc. This means bolting on a sensor that hangs off the chassis and sits very close to the tail shaft. Pesty found that only 1 magnet works better than both that they supply. The magnet can be secured with double sided tape as well as the thin wire that is provided.
You have to tap into a vaccuum hose (very easy to do) and they give you various sized T pieces to achieve this.

Cheers

Roachie

I have the AP50 on my HJ75 troopie. It DID need both magnets AND cutting the black wire loop, I think just one magnet would not help with shaft balance either.

I use epoxy glue (araldite) to stick the magnets on a cleaned and degreased area of the rear shaft flange at the transfer box, they are wired on too. The pick up mounts on a bracket which is bolted where the speedo cable is held as well. The bracket hardware that came with the unit was no good for that job, bent my own from flat alu bar. I believe in doing this job once and reliably, therefore would not recommend using double side tape other than for testing purposes, its a hostile enviroment.

The unit works great with the 6.2 litre diesel engine, I am not sure if the standard donk has the grunt for using it on other than dead flat roads.
I do turn it off if it gets too hilly - too expensive on fuel otherwise :-(

Do not forget to fit the extra switch to the clutch pedal, it IS required if you like your engine.
Klaus

Ive had an AP50 fitted to my Pajero for about 5 years.

Works well.

Easy to fit. Finding a vaccum line was the hardest bit.

I dont have the clutch switch added. I'm the only one that uses it.