Cruise on down the highway

One of the issues with the GTO from day one was the fact that the cruise control appeared to be faulty.  I managed to get it working once, but that was it.

Paul over at MitsiArt thought it might be the air pump.  It works on suction to hold the speed (no idea how... lol)  and if the pump isn't pumping then no suction.  The problem with this was that a replacement new unit, if we could find one, would likely run us a significant cost.  Not something we really wanted to do for a non-critical system.  So that was that.

Then, the other day, after a bit of surfing, I came across a "genuine working cruise control pump, cables, and actuator" for just over £20.  Bam !  Buy it now, shipped and delivered...

The unit arrived today and was a pretty crazy mess of components, tubes, and bowden cables, so I set about installing it on to the car...  pics below

The box, direct from ebay

The compressor removed from the rest of the system

Before: note the proximity to the aircon pipes at the box :(

The actual unit comprises of several parts.  The pump (the broken bit), the actuator, and the pulleys (the bits in the box with the 3 pipes going into it), and the hoses and cables that link it all together..  The pump is mounted to the bottom of the pulley box so to get at it you have to basically pull it all out.

This is easier said than done as it is mounted in such a way that its butted up against the solid aircon pipes which are mounted in place.  Still, a bit of fiddling and swearing got it loose without affecting the A/C and it was a 2 minute job to swap the pump over.   

When returning the unit to its mounting place, I decided that it would be better to route the cables the other side this time so that its easier to get everything in / out if required.

After.... nothing spectacular has change really...

Except the cable mounts for the pump and the power steering reservoir sensor 

 Total job time, less than 30 minutes (including prep and clean up), and about 20 quid in parts.   Job done !  :)