If you want, Bring the Amp over and I will run it in my "D".
I know the cruise is good in that and have tested many amps
with the car......Make it soon though, I have it on fleabay and it
ends tonite.

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

my cruise also works if you want to test it in mine. I got 2 amps from the pick and pull this weekend. One works and one doesnt. I was planning to keep one as a spare but if you got something interesting to trade?

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

BTW, the car I got the good amp from still had the actuator too

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

Very many times, if the cruise amp is the problem, it is from a failed solder joint. If you are handy, simply re-flowing and adding a touch of fresh solder will have you resting your right foot in no time. I have done this to all 3 of our cars to correct our lack of cruise. If you are lacking the equipment, time, ability.... I have soldered a couple for friends and do a lot of soldering for work.

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Dean

I had non-working cruise as well, so I took out the cruise control amp by removing the driver's foot panel, one 10mm bolt on the brake pedal housing, and disconnected the amp and removed it. I pried back the aluminum tabs on the amp with a screwdriver, took it over to a well-lit workplace, and re-soldered every joint on the board, added solder a few places. I reinstalled it, now I have working cruise. Now, for a roadtrip.

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1980 240d
1999 SL500

yar...

I've done that 3 times to mine, the second try got it working nearly perfectly....for about 100 miles.....then it was dead/messed up again. I'm sick of trying to fix it, and the aftermarket system should work fine.


As an added precaution, I might run a vac "emergency" valve into the cabin under the dash, so if it ever acted up, I could open that and siphon off all vac from the actuator.....(its a vac unit)...thereby disabling it. It also disengages from the brake lights going on, as well as the buttons on the unit itself....I doubt there's any risk there....not any more than with the stock setup.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Without totally derailing the thread, where did you find a boneyard near Lutz with 123's to pick over?

Not in Lutz, LTQ near my work in St Pete

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

My cruise works too, but the three amps I've gotten from pick n pull all test bad. Unless I'm not testing right. Do you just hook them up and leave them hanging, or do you need to ground the outside case?

Shhhhhhhhhhh.

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

I just leave them hang. I have gotten pretty good at
changing them at a stop light on the way home from
the PNP.

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

yep, works for me too.

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

they are always picked over pretty good by the time I get there anyway. somebody must "get a call" when they come in. Who ever it is must have all the CCU amps he wants

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

I installed the vaccum Audiovox system in my SD a few months ago, and it works great and is easy to install. All wiring can be hooked up to the connector under the dash that the stock cruise amp plugs into. I am using the stock control stalk. Some sort of vacuum canaster is manditory though. I used the audiovox one, though you could probably find something from a wrecking yard. Total cost... about $130 from ebay. Took about 3-4 hours to install.

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Mike
1983 Mercedes-Benz 300SD 270K
1960 Ford F250 62K
1990 Mazda Miata 156k

The thing is Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.