Cruise control

[mistyrain]

This site is great......

 

My 260z has cruise and it looks like it is factory.  How does one operate the cruise, I cannot see anything on the dash?

 

cheers

 

 

[RBZ 260]

Im very curious what other members will reply to this. 

 

 

100% it will be an aftermarket. some aftermarket ones have indicators but some dont. usualy there is a master switch somewhere to turn on the cruise control. drive the car at some speed above 40kmh and hit SET button.

 

if its holding at the speed u can speed up by pressing the ACC button or to reduce speed press DEC (usualy thats the accronims they use)

 

there also should be SET and RESUME button. if u press the brake the cruise should turn off to restore to previous setting press resume. or drive up to the new speed and press SET.

 

 

thats if it has all operational and all of other goodies installed. send a pic of the engine bay. to see if u have the servo installed and set up correctly.

 

other things u have to find the brain module and look out for the wiring, fuses, master switches etc.....  cruise will not work if master switch isnt turned on. or if fuse is blown or if u missing any of the ecu modules. also if the servo module is not set up correctly to the throttle linkages even that it does power up and set the speed. the servo may be too loose ont he throttle linkage and therefore not able to hold the setting.

[chris240]

I know that Lennock Motors Datsun-Nissan in the ACT used to fit these to Dados in the 70's. Take a close up pic of the CC in the dash unit if you can, intersted to see what it looks like..

[mistyrain]

That is the thing, I cannot see anything on the dash.

 

We got her from Canberra (late 1977 model), so it must not be factory, looks very neat (wiring loom looks original).  I Replaced the perished vacuum lines and adjusted the linkage up to the SU's..........looks like the previous owner (we are the second) didn't use the cruise once the SU's were fitted??

 

I will take pics tonight

 

 

[Toecutter]

When I bought my 260 it had cruise control, (I think it was an old aftermarket unit), it was set up to feed back speed via the drive shaft from a magentic pic up. Controller was in the car on the center console with servo motor in the engine bay hooked up to the linkage bar for throttle control.

 

I ripped it out as soon as I got the car home as I found the whole mess of wiring horrible to look at.

 

Sulio