Cruise Control for an Old Diesel

Hey Jason, Probably not really related. I've got a '98 100ser GXL Manual Diesel, aftermarket turbo with aftermarket cruise control. It works fantastic. Igot the model where you can set 3 preset speeds. Great!!!. Works from about 30km and up. All the controls are steering wheel mounted and easily accessible. Hope this is of value to you! Regards Kirsten

Have a Command AP 50 on my 60 series deisel, non turbo, and it works great, you have to get used to using it on a low powered vehicle, but saves heaps of leg ache.
I do mostly country driving, but find it great for staying on the speed limit in the big smoke.

Chees Pesty

We have Autronic criuse control on our 78 series non-turbo diesel Troopy. Best accessory we fitted after the CB.

Easy to use, works even better than the Rangie cruise control and we use it all the time. Fortunately our part of Australia does not have any real steep hills where it could be a bit of a pain but then again, you usually cannot use the cruise control in hill country anyway as usually where there are hills, there are corners to slow down for.

Great anti-ticket device.

Stevesub

Jason,
I ran an AP50 on my old 4.2 N/A Mav (which was no ball of fire) and it worked fine provided you kept the speed to no more than 100km/h, tho out on the open undulating country, 110 was fine. Wasn't towing anything, tho.
Gerry

Very big cheers to keepingitreal, Petsy, stevesub and joc45.

I suspected as much. I have had plenty of CC's on petrol engines but never fitted one to a diesel before.

Have a good one all.

Jason

My 2.8l NH (1996) has cruise control as standard.
It is a cable system attached to the accelerator cable.

Couldn't see why it wouldn't transfer over if you can get one from the wreckers.
GLX, GLS and Exceed has them. Not the GL.
There is an over ride switch on the dash, the control stalk under the wipers, and the control canister just behind the battery.

Only hassle I have found is that it goes to full throttle on any loss of speed, even coming out of a dip, and pulling the accelerator down. Now the pajero doesn't have that much power anyway, so I find it a waste of time except on anything but a really flat road. Then the hand throttle works almost as well.

A hand trottle is dangerous as it takes too long to get back down to idle when compared with a cruise control where a quick brush of the brake pedal dis-engages it immediately.

I used the hand throttle a couple of times before we got the cruise control and found that it was no use at all except maybe on very long straights.

Stevesub