So my 62 has a Dana cruise control that was installed (I believe) by the dealer when it was sold new in '88. For years now the control has been a bit dodgy, but lately it's become downright unreliable, often going into full acceleration when I try to set the speed. With the little to no documentation available for it, I'm considering just ditching it entirely and installing a new system from either Dakota Digital or Rostra (open to any other suggestions for a kit that'll work well with a 5spd FJ62). Since I'm planning on swapping out my OEM speedo for a GPS unit from Speedhut, this will effectively eliminate the cable being used to drive the speedo.
Here's where I'm trying to figure out what I want to do. Since I'll be eliminating the speedo cable entirely but still have the cable drive connection on the tcase, I think can utilize that to drive an electronic VSS from Marlin Crawler (here: Vehicle Speed Sensor, MCI | Marlin Crawler, Inc. ) which creates a square wave pulse at four pulses per rotation to send the speed signal to the cruise control system. Looking at the Dakota Digital system (here: Cruise Control for Electronic Speedometers ) it'll accept a range of 2,000 to 40,000 pulses per mile, which should work with any combination of gearing, tire size and speedo drive/driven gear ratios that get thrown at it.
Has anyone attempted a more modern cruise control solution like this? Curious to hear some opinions and observations.
Here's where I'm trying to figure out what I want to do. Since I'll be eliminating the speedo cable entirely but still have the cable drive connection on the tcase, I think can utilize that to drive an electronic VSS from Marlin Crawler (here: Vehicle Speed Sensor, MCI | Marlin Crawler, Inc. ) which creates a square wave pulse at four pulses per rotation to send the speed signal to the cruise control system. Looking at the Dakota Digital system (here: Cruise Control for Electronic Speedometers ) it'll accept a range of 2,000 to 40,000 pulses per mile, which should work with any combination of gearing, tire size and speedo drive/driven gear ratios that get thrown at it.
Has anyone attempted a more modern cruise control solution like this? Curious to hear some opinions and observations.