1-21-04 Well, 1-20-04 i told you i was thinking about installing a cruise control system in the 4runner. I looked over the mustang schematics and a aerostars schematics because there are more detailed. Today i ran down to the junkyard and picked up a servo and amplifier for $20. This included the hoses, valve and wiring harness. One of the neat things i found is that the system is totally "stand-alone". It doesnt need a EFI setup, or even a ECU to work. I pulled my system out of a 87 ford 5.0 Thunderbird. All the peices were there and the diaphrame wasnt popped to i tore into it. About 45 minutes later, I had the system out of the t-bird. When i brought it home I mocked up how it was going to be and figured to cable was about 1 Ft too long. I Cut it, and trimmed it, and crimped a new bead onto the inner cable. Than i had to figure out the perfect place for it. The orginal bracket was at the wrong angle but a 20 ton bearing press straightened that out. I had to move my coil out of the way to get it to fit. I bolted it down and located the coil somewhere else. That about all i got done. Everything in the engine compartment is taken care of. Now all i have is to hook up the brake switch, vacuum release switch, and take care of the wiring.

Spent:$20 for part. $2 for entrance to junkyard.

Total Spent:$22

1-23-04 I needed to figure out how to get the ford speed sensor to register speed. I've thought of cutting the speedometer cable and splicing it in and I thought about setting up magnets on the output flange with a pickup coil bolted to the t-case but i think I found the best solution. I decided to stack the toyota speedometer housing and the ford speed sensor together. I took alittle bit of creative thinking, but i figured out away to do it for about $5. The pictures below explain all. Just to make it official, I pressed out the brass bearing out of the aluminum ford piece and pressed it into the ford plastic piece.

Spent:$0.50 for PVC Coupler, $1 for superglue

Total Spent: $1.50

1-31-04 I bolted a bracket to the side of the Amplifier and bolted it under the dash between the brake and clutch pedel. There is already a hole there for it and it's high enough that it doesnt get in the way. A couple more wires were run to power up everything. The biggest tip I can give you is this. "THE BRAKE PEDEL TERMINAL MUST SEE A GROUND OR IT WONT WORK." So even when you just testing it, have a jumper cable hooked up to ground. This cost me abunch of headaches. switch $20 audio cable $4 audio jacks $3 resistors $3

2-1-04 Does it work? Yes it does. It works great and keeps the speed within a mph or so. The only problem with it is when its engaged, let say at 65mph and you hit coast for a few seconds until the speed drops down to about 62mph, you would think it would stay at 62mph, but instead it goes back up to about 64mph. Other than that, it works great. All together, i think i spend about $70. Im the 1st kid on my block to do this.