Greetings from the Central Coast of California. Boy have we had some
terrible pre Easter Day weather. Rain, winds from the West blowing at
stead 40 to 50 knots and gusts up to 70 this is an estimate coming down
our street. Trees are shredded etc. Back to the Cruise control. Right
after I purchased my GMC, way back in 89 I had the occasion to lift the
engine compartment lid a lot just to see what was going on under there.
Check the transmission fluid, change out the control modules when they
got to hot etc. This was all before the Jacob's ignition and the cooler
running engine. Any way one morning very early, 0'Dark 30 I had the
awful problem strike and I had to change a control module on the way to
NAS Pt. Mugu. After replacing the module I re placed the Distributor
Cap and one of the lock downs caught the Cruise control Chain beneath it
and in the dark it went unnoticed until I got onto Highway 101 south
Bound at about 60 MPH I hit Cruise and immediately went to 70 then 80
and on up. I turned off the key because I did not want to go that fast
without knowing why and many things went through my head. All I wanted
was a red eject and I would have went. Any way as you all know if you
turn the GMC off the steering is difficult to say the most and the
brakes you have covered many times. any way at 4 AM on US 101 there is
little to no traffic in my area and I was able to bring the beast to a
stead stop with out any damage. When I opened the lid to the engine
again it became quite obvious, not at first but shortly there after that
I had clamped the chain to the cruise under one of the distributor lock
downs. Not only embarrassing but could have been serious to a person
not knowing just what to do if that could happen. One of my what if's
was added to my list and thank our Lord that I did what I did at the
instant I did it. Thanks for the remembrances of Cruise Control that I
really did not want to remember. Chuck, 78 Eleganza
terrible pre Easter Day weather. Rain, winds from the West blowing at
stead 40 to 50 knots and gusts up to 70 this is an estimate coming down
our street. Trees are shredded etc. Back to the Cruise control. Right
after I purchased my GMC, way back in 89 I had the occasion to lift the
engine compartment lid a lot just to see what was going on under there.
Check the transmission fluid, change out the control modules when they
got to hot etc. This was all before the Jacob's ignition and the cooler
running engine. Any way one morning very early, 0'Dark 30 I had the
awful problem strike and I had to change a control module on the way to
NAS Pt. Mugu. After replacing the module I re placed the Distributor
Cap and one of the lock downs caught the Cruise control Chain beneath it
and in the dark it went unnoticed until I got onto Highway 101 south
Bound at about 60 MPH I hit Cruise and immediately went to 70 then 80
and on up. I turned off the key because I did not want to go that fast
without knowing why and many things went through my head. All I wanted
was a red eject and I would have went. Any way as you all know if you
turn the GMC off the steering is difficult to say the most and the
brakes you have covered many times. any way at 4 AM on US 101 there is
little to no traffic in my area and I was able to bring the beast to a
stead stop with out any damage. When I opened the lid to the engine
again it became quite obvious, not at first but shortly there after that
I had clamped the chain to the cruise under one of the distributor lock
downs. Not only embarrassing but could have been serious to a person
not knowing just what to do if that could happen. One of my what if's
was added to my list and thank our Lord that I did what I did at the
instant I did it. Thanks for the remembrances of Cruise Control that I
really did not want to remember. Chuck, 78 Eleganza
