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toolmanmike said:
Speaking of cruise, What simple Mopar cruise works on our old cars?
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Im about to pull the setup out of the 80 lebaron,as long as the lower speedo cable fits im golden. I think even the older k-cars and sundance used the speedo cable setups.
 
Tooljunkie said:
Im about to pull the setup out of the 80 lebaron,as long as the lower speedo cable fits im golden. I think even the older k-cars and sundance used the speedo cable setups.
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80s Dakotas have the same cable ends as a 74 charger. My wife had an 87 and I used the speedo cable that goes from the unit to the dash off my 74 charger to fix hers.
 
dukeboy_318 said:
80s Dakotas have the same cable ends as a 74 charger. My wife had an 87 and I used the speedo cable that goes from the unit to the dash off my 74 charger to fix hers.
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What do you use to control it? Inside controls....
 
So these high temp, high humidity days have not faired too well in regards to my Jeep. Tuesday, it got HOT, red on the gauge, temp light on. Puked coolant. So that night, I troubleshooted it or tried too. Compression test, leak down test, right down the middle and of the charts for both. Coolant level topped off. Purged air via the purge hole in the water pump. Which was pumping. Wednesday, overheated but didn’t puke, so I flushed everything last night. New water pump, thermostat. New coolant. New belt, new temp sensor, new fan relay.

as soon as I stop moving, temperature climbs to 230-240 within seconds. With or without AC on, at 240, the Jeep kicks the AC off anyways. Fans are working and turning on @195 like they’re supposed too.

stumped. I think 290,000 miles might finally be catching up on this old girl
 
Mopar Tim said:
What do you use to control it? Inside controls....
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Just like a modern car, only it’s on the turn signal lever. Set, accel, resume, decel, on/off. All on a slider switch on the turn signal lever,
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Just like a modern car, only it’s on the turn signal lever. Set, accel, resume, decel, on/off. All on a slider switch on the turn signal lever,
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Yes, but how do you incorporate that into your car? The lever fit?
 
Mopar Tim said:
Yes, but how do you incorporate that into your car? The lever fit?
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Yep, take the steering wheel off, the lever is the same screw pattern as the turn signal lever without. There is a small, 3 wire harness that runs from the end of the lever. Route it out of the way underneath the switch, and then connect to the harness that you run thru the firewall from the unit under the hood.


So easy… even Chris OG can do it
 
dukeboy_318 said:
So these high temp, high humidity days have not faired too well in regards to my Jeep. Tuesday, it got HOT, red on the gauge, temp light on. Puked coolant. So that night, I troubleshooted it or tried too. Compression test, leak down test, right down the middle and of the charts for both. Coolant level topped off. Purged air via the purge hole in the water pump. Which was pumping. Wednesday, overheated but didn’t puke, so I flushed everything last night. New water pump, thermostat. New coolant. New belt, new temp sensor, new fan relay.

as soon as I stop moving, temperature climbs to 230-240 within seconds. With or without AC on, at 240, the Jeep kicks the AC off anyways. Fans are working and turning on @195 like they’re supposed too.

stumped. I think 290,000 miles might finally be catching up on this old girl
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Time to get the radiator rodded out maybe?
 
So trying to catch up after whirlwind trip down to Ark from ND. For all you heading to Carlisle here is my fuel summary from nine stops in six states just over 2,000 miles round trip. Average Diesel cost was 5.26. I was just over 15k pounds running 6.7 Cummins in 08 truck. 13.3 mpg. Your mileage may vary!
 
Sublime one said:
So trying to catch up after whirlwind trip down to Ark from ND. For all you heading to Carlisle here is my fuel summary from nine stops in six states just over 2,000 miles round trip. Average Diesel cost was 5.26. I was just over 15k pounds running 6.7 Cummins in 08 truck. 13.3 mpg. Your mileage may vary!
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PS I typically filled 1/2 tank stops as most pumps stop at 100 bucks. 1/2 tank is right at 100 bucks so that worked out. Lots of folks on road so I am guessing fuel cost is not inhibiting summer traffic as much as I had guessed.
 
Mopar Tim said:
What do you use to control it? Inside controls....
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Need a brake light switch, on/off and a set button. Accel and coast add more wiring and switches. The control under the hood on the lebaron has 3 connections.
 
Thanks all you guys for Birthday wishes. I have CVMM tonight (whiskey tasting) to top off the night. I worked all day so it was just another day.
 
Unconventional said:
Time to get the radiator rodded out maybe?[
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maybe. But it took a full 3 gallons after I flushed the entire system. The old coolant looked fine, nothing floating or in it. I flush the thing out once a year since I bought at 3500 miles. I may stick the bore scope down it and see if it looks clogged.


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