Calling Wld72....Calling Wild72.
I think he spent nearly 10 hours installing it, but he also had an issue with it, the brake modulator, alarm and the ABS light. So I think he spent more time chasing Grimlins than actually installing the C.C.
The installation really wasn't that bad, it was all the other crap that seemed to go along with it that caused my frustration. Since I had read about every available thread on this and many other forums, I knew it wasn't going to be as easy as changing a bulb, but it was within my capabilities.
Moounting the servo above the engine behind the coolant crossover pipe was fairly straightforward on my 07AE. I even remembered to put DIP switch #7 to Off as others had suggested. Drilling the tang was also uneventful, however my first frustrations arose when trying to attach the servo cable. I had great difficulty utilizing the supplied clamp, and even some of the alternative methods offered, before I finally reached a point where the throttle mechanism was not binding on anything.
I used the supplied control panel for now, although will ultimately use either Brundog or dbx's method of discrete toggle switches on the left grip. In the meantime, a couple of self tapping screws and some epoxy fitted the panel directly above my handshift button. Connceting the remaining wiring proved easy, and after testing for voltages at the servo, I buttoned her back up and prepared for the first test. Could not get the CC to engage. Further testing found over 8V on the purple brake light wire, which should have been at zero volts. Turns out it was my Back-Off Wig-Wag modulator causing the problem, so I bypassed that and went for a test ride.
Cruise control worked, but had difficulty maintaining set speed. Since I had only tapped the vaccuum off of #3 test port, I stopped in at the hardware store and bought the supplies to build a vaccuum canister, which resolved the problem, and the cruise now works flawlessly. But I want my brake light modulator back!!!.
Tried hooking up a relay, using the coil to fool the CC into beleiving there is 0V on the purple wire, but it seems brake light modulators don't want to play well with the CCS-100. (I have another trick to try this weekend, which will hopefully make them friends!).
The rest of the weekend was spent adding a fuseblock and tidying up the wiring for all the other electrical add-ons that I have accumulated, but I reckon without the problems, I could have had the CC installed in 8 - 10 hours.
