Well I am on my 3rd used amp now and still have no cruise it worked halfass you might say on the last one and then quit altogether on last attempt.Could I have 3 bad amps the last one being a resoldered one or could my problem lie in the actuator? Did any one ever have a actuator go bad on them?I have a used one of them I can throw in also just wish I could get this thing working for the long trips.

YES! I thought my problem was simply a bad amp, had it rebuilt, and then it died. Came to find out that my bad actuator, by drawing too much current, had damaged, then eventually destroyed, the amp.

My recommendation: send both your amp and your actuator to GDL for evaluation. Will cost $60, but then you'll know for certain what's going on.

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Or take it to the dealer. They have a special diagnostic tool that, for an hour's labor charge, can give you the same comprehensive assessment.

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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Thanks for reply shertex I do have another actuator might try to throw that on and see if it makes a differance if not might send both to GDL and figure out whats wrong.

FWIW

I find the older style cruise amp works better with (is more tolerant of) an aging actuator.

Newer amps "drop" cruise more easily, they are more sensitive to inputs.

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Scott McPhee

1987 300D

$150 or so you could go with an aftermarket unit and use the cruise control stalk.

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92 300D 2.5L OM602 OBK #59

Is it complicated to hook up the after market ones?

There are some threads with very detailed descriptions as to how to install the aftermarket ones. Certainly less expensive than rebuilt original equipment....and apprarently they work flawlessly. For myself, I wasn't confident that I could install the aftermarket ones (e.g. the Audiovox). But I'm pretty comfortable with the original units, so I stuck with that approach.

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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

The official Audiovox CCS-100 install thread.

www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=219993

Rostra cruise control diagram

www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=286803


Charlie

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1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

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This link should help you.

Cruise Control Repair Articles
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/123036-cruise-control-repair-articles.html#post883130




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